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Experimental study of pressure drop reduction on in-line tube bundle using passive control

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 August 2013

Omar Ladjedel ,
Lahouari Adjlout ,
Tayeb Yahiaoui  and
Omar Imine
Omar Ladjedel*
Affiliation:
Laboratoire d’aérohydrodynamique navale, Département de génie maritime, Mechanical Engineering Faculty, 31000 USTO Oran, Algeria
Lahouari Adjlout
Affiliation:
Laboratoire d’aérohydrodynamique navale, Département de génie maritime, Mechanical Engineering Faculty, 31000 USTO Oran, Algeria
Tayeb Yahiaoui
Affiliation:
Laboratoire d’aéronautique et systèmes propulsifs, Département de Génie Mécanique, Mechanical Engineering Faculty, 31000 USTO Oran, Algeria
Omar Imine
Affiliation:
Laboratoire d’aéronautique et systèmes propulsifs, Département de Génie Mécanique, Mechanical Engineering Faculty, 31000 USTO Oran, Algeria
*
a Corresponding author: ladjedelomar@yahoo.com
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Abstract

In the present paper an experimental investigation of drag reduction on in-line tube bundles with a configuration of seven by seven with a pitch ratio of 1.44 has been performed. Two longitudinal grooves are placed on the external surface of the circular cylinders as a passive control. The experiment is carried out using a subsonic wind tunnel. The pressure distributions for various azimuthal angles along the tubes are measured using a multi-channel differential pressure. Drag forces are also determined using a combined wire-strain gauge balance. The pressure drops are deduced from the resulting drag forces. The results obtained show an unexpected reduction in the pressure drop for the tube bundles. A reduction of 36.5% in the pressure drop for a Reynolds number of 1.33 × 104 is found compared to the configuration without grooves. Some correlations for the pressure drop are proposed.

Keywords

Circular cylindertube bundlespressure distributiondraggroovesReynolds number
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Research Article
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Mechanics & Industry , Volume 14 , Issue 4 , 2013 , pp. 287 - 297
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© AFM, EDP Sciences 2013

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