Abstract
Within the wind engineering community, a series of physical simulators of differing geometries have been used to investigate the flow-field of tornado-like vortices. This paper examines the influence that the geometry of a simulator can have on the generated flow field. Surface pressure and velocity data have been measured for two swirl ratios (S = 0.30 and S = 0.69) in two different simulators of different scale and varying geometry. The results of this research suggest that far from being a mature research field, there are still many unresolved questions that need to be addressed before data obtained from such simulators can be used with confidence in practice.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 2385–2398 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | Meccanica |
Volume | 54 |
Issue number | 15 |
Early online date | 25 Nov 2019 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Dec 2019 |
Keywords
- tornado-like vortex
- physical simulation
- simulator’s design
- geometric parameters
- aspect ratio
- swirl ratio