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Effect of reynolds number on flow in a wave tank

  • 18-05-2010 04:30PM
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 325 ✭✭


    Ive calculated the reynolds number in the open ocean and the reynolds number for a scaled down wave tank.
    These are 69million in the ocean and approx 69,000 for the wave tank.

    How do I find out what effect this has on the flow of water in the tank?

    The wave tank is to produce deep water waves.

    Are there any other factors that I should consider when analysing the effect of scaling?


Comments

  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1 Reveen


    Somebody might be able to correct me here if i'm mistaken, but i'm pretty sure Reynolds No. has little or nothing to do with the flow of water in a tank of that scale.
    Reynolds number is closely related to the friction factor, f, and a pipe's roughness and diameter so these would have very little effect in a large scale tank. Reynolds number is mainly used in pipe design.
    With a body of water that large, i think you need to be focusing your attention more towards surge and two/three dimensional flow.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12 wildwest1


    Reveen is right,
    Physical models and laboratory techniques in coastal engineering by steven A. Hughes may help.
    search for SCALING OF A FROUDE MODEL, What type of tank have you got?


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