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Title:	A study of fluid flow entering a sharp-edged channel
Author:	Racano, Rocco
View Online:	njit-etd1974-031 ([v]. 81 pages ~ 5.2 MB pdf)
Department:	Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry
Degree:	Master of Science
Program:	Chemical Engineering
Document Type:	Thesis
Advisory Committee:	Philippoff, Wladimir (Committee chair) Buteau, Leon Joseph (Committee member) Huang, Ching-Rong (Committee member)
Date:	1974-01
Keywords:	Fluid dynamics
Availability:	Unrestricted
Abstract:	Experimental investigations were carried out on an newtonian fluid In the two dimensional case through the regions of a sharp-edged entrance and exit. Qualitative and quantitative results were compared to a variation of a two dimensional case of converging flow in a capillary as originally derived by Oka and proposed by Philippoff. In addition velocity profiles were taken in the entrance region. Furthermore, the effect of temperature gradients in the slit region with their resulting optical effects were considered. The methods used to obtain these goals were photoelasticity and streak photography. Results were four, to be consistent with the theory for a significantly large range of variation.