A model swirling flow in a Ranque vortex tube, representing a vortex flow at the periphery and a forced vortex in the central part, was analyzed. The theoretical inferences obtained on the basis of the model proposed are in satisfactory agreement with experimental data.
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Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 89, No. 2, pp. 412–416, March–April, 2016.
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Tyutyuma, V.D. Efficiency of Energy Separation in a Vortex Flow. J Eng Phys Thermophy 89, 422–427 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10891-016-1392-x
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