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Results are presented from a swirl chamber with and without controlled inlet forcing. The controlled inlet forcing is induced using arrays of vortex generators placed along one wall of the swirl chamber inlet duct. Flow visualization results are given, along with surveys of circumferential mean velocity, static pressure, and total pressure, at Reynolds numbers (based on inlet duct characteristics) as high as 8000. The controlled inlet forcing provides means to alter and control: (i) the spacing and number of Görtler vortices across the span of the swirl chamber, (ii) the amount of vortex development at a particular Reynolds number and circumferential location, (iii) the circumferential location and Reynolds number of initial Görtler vortex development, and (iv) the circumferential location and Reynolds number of Görtler vortex breakup into more chaotic flow.
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Received: 30 October 1997/Accepted: 28 September 1998
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Thambu, R., Babinchak, B., Ligrani, P. et al. Flow in a simple swirl chamber with and without controlled inlet forcing. Experiments in Fluids 26, 347–357 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003480050298
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s003480050298