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Numerical simulations have been made for fully developed 2D channel flow and 3D developing channel flow (rotating and non-rotating). The simulated results have been compared with experimental results from the literature. The 2D case simulations are satisfactory both with respect to velocity and eddy viscosity profiles. The 3D non-rotating case gives good results for the development of the velocity distribution. The 3D rotating case simulates well the secondary horizontal velocity on the crossplane center line. Near the pressure side wall the simulated velocities are fairly good, while close to the suction side the simulated velocities are too high. Some efforts were made to explain the discrepancies between simulations and experiments. These tries included elliptic type of solution and non-uniform inlet velocity profile. No explanation was found though.
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Larsson, R. (1986). Coriolis Induced Secondary Currents in Channels. In: Markatos, N.C., Cross, M., Tatchell, D.G., Rhodes, N. (eds) Numerical Simulation of Fluid Flow and Heat/Mass Transfer Processes. Lecture Notes in Engineering, vol 18. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-82781-5_7
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