Suction inlet vortex investigation at low Reynolds numbers

• Main Authors: Ho, Wei Hua, Bin Idris, Omar Faruq, New, Tze How
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Inlet vortex; Low Reynolds numbers
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/81513; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/40845; https://unisa.pure.elsevier.com/en/publications/suction-inlet-vortex-investigation-at-low-reynolds-numbers
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Under certain flow conditions, when an inlet is aspirated in close proximity to a solid boundary, a vortex will form between the surface and the inlet. The formation and ingestion of such vortices could potentially lead to inefficient fluid suction by pumps or catastrophic damages in high-speed jet...