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Laminar Flow Table Apparatus
Digital Camera
Questions
1. How do the observed flow patterns for the
Hele-Shaw flows compare to published
inviscid (potential) flow analytic
solutions? Discuss your results and include
your sources in the discussion.
2. How do the observed flow patterns for the
boundary layer flows compare to other
published experimental results or analytic
solutions? Discuss your results and include
your sources in the discussion.
3. In observing (non Hele-Shaw) flow past a
cylinder, would you expect the separation
points on the cylinder to shift location if
the flow rate were increased? Why or why
not?
4. Are the dye lines observed on the Laminar
Flow Table Apparatus streamlines,
streaklines, or both? Explain your answer.
Available Shapes
(use those assigned by the instructor)
Cylinder (disk)
Rectangle
Airfoil
Venturi
Figure 17.1 is a schematic of the laminar flow
table used in this experiment. The apparatus
consists of a one piece base made of fiberglas with
water reservoirs at each end. Water enters the
upstream reservoir and flows over the lower
surface of the device to the downstream tank.
Water leaves this tank and goes to the drain.
A glass cover can be placed over the table and
body to model what is referred to as inviscid
Hele-Shaw flow behavior. Alternatively, the
glass cover is removed to observe the influence of
the viscous boundary layer on the flow. The lower
surface is marked with a grid to aid in
observation and orientation of the bodies. Eight
small holes in the table surface (not shown in the
Acknowledgements
To Dr. Jeffrey Marchetta for implementing this
experiment, and to Darrin Bevard for getting the
apparatus installed and working.
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grid on surface
beneath glass
plan
view
profile
view
dye reservoir
valve
water inlet
dye
circular
disk
removable glass cover
water flow
grid on surface
beneath glass
to drain
FIGURE 17.1. Plan and profile views of the laminar flow table. The setup is for Hele-Shaw flow past a
cylinder.
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