Fro111 the origin of (5.4-
I
I)
it
is realized, that in a frce laminar boundary layer with a
ratio
0,'s
at
a definite station
x
the lieynolds
l lumber
niay
be
undcrstootl as thc
of
mom en tun^
flux into the boundary laycr, of thickness
(5,
to the force due
to
viscous
sllear stress, balancitig it.
This may be extended to pipe flow, when
6
=
d/2 and
7
on the periphery of
a
fluid cyl-
inder,
coaxial to the pipe axis, of radius
r
and length
L,
is replaced by the pressure drop,
balancing this in the s-direction of the pipe axis, according to
7
=
-
Aprl(2
L).
(5.4
-
15)
In the casc of laminar pipe flow \vith
Re
<
2300 and the shear stress
a,,
from (5.4-7), now
,
=
-
11
dc/L;r,
(5.4- 15) givcs a parabolic velocity distribution
c
=
c,[l
-
(r./R)']
after
Hagen
and
Poiselrille
[5.25;
5.261,
where c, is the velocity
011
the pipe centre line. Inserting
this c in (5.4
-
12) yields
c,,
=
c,/2,
which is now linked to
Ap
and
17
by
Inserting this
Ap
in (5.4-
13)
gives for the laminar flow regime the pipe loss coeflicicnt as
a
distinct function of
Re,
namely
1
=
64/Re.
In the transition regime about
Re
=
2300,
1.
depends also on the relative wall roughness and its
character, c.g. sand roughness according to
hTik~iradse
[5.27]
technical roughness as defined by
Slrsclteletzk~~
[5.28],
but also, nftcr tests of
E.
Burka,
Gdansk (Poland) on such eficcts as the arrrplitude
and frequency of wall vibrations. Such tests demonstrate that with
RE
increased the flow becomcs
increasingly unstablc, especinll) through the
layer
close to the
wall,
where strain rate is highest
and
hence also thc tendency to
turbulence.
5.4.6.2.
Turbulent
flow
and
transitior~
Turbulent flow is defined by the fact, that on a time-averaged constant velocity
component
E,
and pressurc
p
are superimposcd corresponding fluctuations
c:
and
p',
the
time-avcraged value of each of wliich is zero. Thus: ci
-
ci
+
ci and
y
=
p
+
p'.
The
intensity of turbulence is defined by
Turbulence is created by the fact, that
abovc a definite strain rate, i.e. dc/?r in the case
of pipe flow, which always occurs first close to
the wall, the fluid elements tlicre try to
cscape to flow regions with lower strain rate, away from the wall. Mass conservation
requires, that fluid particles
01
high velocity more distant from the wall migrate into the
wall zone [5.28].
I)ue to the cross fluctuations, zdjacent flow laminae mix. Thus the
flow
is more uniform
than
a laminar one. This causes also an eschange of momentum, due to the main now,
htween adjacent layers. Thus the so called "apparent shear stress" (after
0.
Rcyr~olds
15-29])
act between them. With c: and c: as velocity fluctuations in the r-and x-directions,
'he
shear stress
rTu
due to turbulence on
a
coaxial fluid cylinder in a pipe reads
Here the bar indicates .a time-averaged value. Since both
thc
velocity fluctuations are
Pro~ortioilzl to the mean pipe velocity
c,,
the shear stress is given by
T,,
=
-
e
kc&, in
which the parameter
k
depends on
Re
and the relative
roughness.