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Influence of Curvature and Torsion on the Friction Factor of Helical Pipe Flow

Received: 24 June 2022    Accepted: 25 July 2022    Published: 5 August 2022
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Abstract

Three-dimensional (3D) direct numerical simulations (DNS) were used to investigate the friction factor of helical pipe for an extensive range of curvature, torsion parameter, and the Reynolds number. In order to explore the friction factor of the helical pipe, performed steady solutions by steady 3D calculations, where the friction factor was calculated in the appearance of well-developed flow regions, being in good agreement with the experimental data. It is found that the tendency of the friction factor of the helical pipe sharply upturns when weak rotational forces due to the pitch-induced torsion are provided then reduces after taking a global maximum value of the friction factor, and finally slowly approaches that of a straight pipe when strong rotational forces gradually appears. After a comprehensive analysis of the ongoing exploration over the parametric ranges the existence of global maximum peak of the friction factor obtained whatever the values of curvature and Reynolds number. It is interesting that the present paper explored the bound of torsion parameter where the friction factor of the helical pipe is applicable to the toroidal pipe and straight pipe. For finite values of curvature over the extensive ranges, there occurs an interaction between Reynolds number and rotational forces, when various interesting phenomena arises, which reveals the crucial importance of the curvature and torsion parameter in the dynamics of helical pipe flow.

Published in Applied Engineering (Volume 6, Issue 2)
DOI 10.11648/j.ae.20220602.11
Page(s) 30-38
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Keywords

Helical Circular Pipe, Curvature Effect, Torsion Effect, Three-Dimensional Numerical Simulation, Steady Solution

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  • Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Bangladesh University of Textiles, Dhaka, Bangladesh

  • Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Bangladesh University of Textiles, Dhaka, Bangladesh

  • Department of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

  • Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Dhaka International University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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