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Gas-liquid two-phase flow occurs increasingly in some dynamic devices operating in the oceanic condition. The relative data are limited with respect to flow characteristics, so the present study is to investigate systematically single-phase pressure drop, and to develop the theory for frictional factor under the rolling condition. Using deionized water as the test fluid, a series of experiments of single—phase flow were conducted in pipe with the inner diameter of 34.5 mm. The test section was horizontally settled on the rolling apparatus, and its regularity was similar to simple harmonic motion. It is found that the pressure drop during rolling motion fluctuate with the change of the rolling period and rolling angle, which is significantly different from fluid motion in a steady state. By the contrast between experiment results and stable-state theory values, existing correlations can not predict present frictional factor very well. Therefore, in the present article, the single-phase frictional factor is correlated with the Reynolds number for rolling motion, and its computated results agree well with experimental data.
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Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 50376012).
Biography: ZHANG Jin-hong (1972- ), Female, Ph. D.
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Zhang, Jh., Yan, Cq. & Gao, Pz. Characteristics of Pressure Drop and Correlation of Friction Factors for Single-Phase Flow in Rolling Horizontal Pipe. J Hydrodyn 21, 614–621 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1016/S1001-6058(08)60192-4
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