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Potential flow in helical pipes

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In questo lavoro si è studiato il flusso potenziale in un tubo ad asse elicoidale per mezzo di un sistema di coordinate ortogonali fisse all'asse del tubo. Il flusso è stato studiato sia analiticamente con metodi perturbativi che numericamente. I risultati ottenuti mostrano che la torsione dell'asse elicoidale ha piccoli effetti sulla velocitá assiale, approssimativamente data da quella che si avrebbe in un toro di uguale curvatura, mentre produce forti flussi secondari nel piano normale all'asse. Questi flussi secondari possono avere un'effetto rilevante per quel che riguarda lo strato limite sulle pareti del tubo.

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In this paper we studied the potential flow in a helical pipe using an orthogonal system of coordinates fixed to the helical axis. The analysis was conducted both analitically by applying perturbative methods and numerically. Results show that the torsion of the helical axis has little effect on axial velocity in a torus provided with the same curvature of the helix. At the same time it induces a large secondary flow that is expected to have a relevant effect on the boundary layer on the walls of the helical pipe.

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Germano, M., Oggiano, M.S. Potential flow in helical pipes. Meccanica 22, 8–13 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01560119

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