The Fluid Flow in the T-Junction. The Comparison of the Numerical Modeling and Piv Measurement

This paper deals with the fluid flow in the T-junction with the 90 angle of the adjacent branch and with the 50mm diameter of each branch. The flow is organized as a combining flow. It means that there are two inlet branches and only one outlet branch. There are two possible kinds of the flow combinations for this T-junction. The CFD calculations and the PIV measurements were done for both flow combinations. Its comparison is presented in this paper. (C) 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and/or peer-review under responsibility of Sumy State University