The stability of the Karmen vortex street in gas-liquid two-phase flow wasstudied experimentally and theoretically. The values of the parameter h/l characterizing the vortexsirect structure (i. e. , the ratio of the v...The stability of the Karmen vortex street in gas-liquid two-phase flow wasstudied experimentally and theoretically. The values of the parameter h/l characterizing the vortexsirect structure (i. e. , the ratio of the vortex street width to the distance between two vortexes)for a stable vortex street in gas-liquid two-phase flow were obtained for the first lime. Theparameter h/l was proved to be a variable, not a constant as in single-phase flow, h/l is related tothe upstream fluid void fraction. In gas-liquid two-phase fluid flow to form a steady vortex streetis more difficult than in a single-phase fluid flow. Because in the unsteady vortex shedding thevortex shedding band frequency is broader than the one in the single phase fluid flow, so it iseasier to induce the cross-cylinder resonance than in the single phase fluid flow, and this caseshould give rise to the attention of engineers.展开更多
基金This work was supported by the S and T Development Fund of Shanghai Municipal Commission of Education (Grant No: 01I03)the Natural Science Key Project of Basic Research of China (Grant No: G1999022308)the Fund of the Key Rising Discipline of Shanghai
文摘The stability of the Karmen vortex street in gas-liquid two-phase flow wasstudied experimentally and theoretically. The values of the parameter h/l characterizing the vortexsirect structure (i. e. , the ratio of the vortex street width to the distance between two vortexes)for a stable vortex street in gas-liquid two-phase flow were obtained for the first lime. Theparameter h/l was proved to be a variable, not a constant as in single-phase flow, h/l is related tothe upstream fluid void fraction. In gas-liquid two-phase fluid flow to form a steady vortex streetis more difficult than in a single-phase fluid flow. Because in the unsteady vortex shedding thevortex shedding band frequency is broader than the one in the single phase fluid flow, so it iseasier to induce the cross-cylinder resonance than in the single phase fluid flow, and this caseshould give rise to the attention of engineers.