Experimental analysis of the swirling flow in a Francis turbine draft tube: focus on radial velocity component determination

DOI10.1016/J.EUROMECHFLU.2010.02.004zbMath1193.76013OpenAlexW2048837047MaRDI QIDQ990078

Stéphane Barre, Laurent Tomas, Gabriel Dan Ciocan, Sylvain Tridon

Publication date: 2 September 2010

Published in: European Journal of Mechanics. B. Fluids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euromechflu.2010.02.004

zbMATH Keywords

Francis turbineradial velocityswirling flowdraft-tubeefficiency droppressure recovery coefficient

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Experimental work for problems pertaining to fluid mechanics (76-05) General theory of rotating fluids (76U05)

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• Theory of the vortex breakdown phenomenon

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