High Reynolds Number Flows Using Liquid and Gaseous Helium
Subtitle: Discussion of Liquid and Gaseous Helium as Test Fluids
By: edited by Russell J. Donnelly
Publisher: Springer New York
Published: 1991
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9781461231080
Other titles: Including papers from The Seventh Oregon Conference on Low Temperature Physics, University of Oregon, October 23-25, 1989
Description: The low viscosity of liquid helium makes it possible to construct compact wind tunnels that can sustain flows with extremely high Reynolds numbers; these would have applications ranging from basic investigations of turbulence to practical testing of supersonic aircraft. Based on papers presented at a workshop held at the University of Oregon in October of 1989, the contributions in this volume discuss both the problems of the design of such wind tunnels and the relevant properties of helium. Contributors include researchers and engineers in condensed-matter physics, fluid dynamics, mathematics, aerospace engineering, computer simulation, and cryogenics. Papers have been brought up to date, and the editor has provided a thorough introduction to the subject and a review of the current state of the art in 1991.