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Effect of Vortices on Liquid Outflow from Vessels
  This paper considers the effect of vortices on liquid outflow from open vessels. One of the simplest possible arrangements is investigated: an axisymmetric vertical cylindrical vessel with an outlet in its base. A simple spiral vortex is either introduced by supplying the liquid tangentially to the vessel and the outlet or suppressed by the installation of a vortex breaker.
A new flow regime for well-developed vortex flow is identified. In this flow regime the variation of the liquid level in the vessel with the flowrate is relatively independent of the method of supply of the liquid to the vessel, and can be correlated by a simple equation.

  • Type:

    Article

  • Date:

    30 September 1995

  • Publication Status:

    Published

  • Publisher

    SAGE Publications

  • DOI:

    10.1243/pime_proc_1995_209_164_02

  • Cross Ref:

    10.1243/PIME_PROC_1995_209_164_02

  • ISSN:

    0954-4062

  • Library of Congress:

    QC Physics

  • Dewey Decimal Classification:

    530 Physics

Citation

Harvey, R., & Kubie, J. (1995). Effect of Vortices on Liquid Outflow from Vessels. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 209(5), 363-370. https://doi.org/10.1243/pime_proc_1995_209_164_02

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Keywords

vortices, liquid outflow, open vessels, vortex flow, dimensional analysis,

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