ORDER BREAKING IN DEAN FLOW

Authors

Y LEGUER
H PEERHOSSAINI

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1991

Journal

PHYSICS OF FLUIDS A-FLUID DYNAMICS

Volume

3

Issue

5

First Page

1029

URL with Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1063/1.858082

Last Page

1032

Abstract

The idea of combining large vortical structures in the flow with the dynamical behavior of open systems to enhance heat transfer and mixing has led to the design and construction of an experimental apparatus to study order breaking in such systems. The apparatus consists of a succession of curved channels in which the curvature plane rotates 90-degrees between each two adjacent curved elements. In this paper, the basic idea and the design concepts are described in detail. Some preliminary results are also presented.