Measurements are reported of pressure losses across single screens subjected to low-frequency oscillating flow for 0.002≲Red≲400, where Red is Reynolds number based on wire diameter and peak approach velocity. Several correlation methods are examined. Extensive comparisons are made between present oscillating-flow results and previous reports of the resistance of screens to steady flow. Defining oscillating results in terms of peak amplitudes, the oscillating and steady-flow resistances are found to be the same, including behavior in the intermediate Reynolds number region that departs from correlations of the form ARe−1+B. The friction factor is also found to depend on Reynolds number, but not independently on oscillation amplitude, over the range of conditions measured.

Issue Section:
Technical Papers
Keywords:
fluid oscillations, friction
Topics:
Flow (Dynamics), Reynolds number, Uncertainty, Pressure, Wire
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