Champ dynamique dans une cellule d'échangeur à vortex : 1. Régime d'entrée laminaire

Abstract

Numerical simulation and LDV measurements are performed for laminar inlet flow condition in a vortex exchange chamber with isothermal conditions. Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids were used. Experimental measurements are compared to results of numerical computations with good agreement. Both show the existence of a secondary flow generated by hydrodynamical instabilities due to streamline curvature. The main vortex flow appears then to be restricted by this secondary flow.