Effects of curvature on flows in a curved channel

Abstract

Our aim in this article is to study the effects of curvature on turbulent flows in a curved channel. To this end, we study the differential of the kinetic energy with respect to the radius. We extend the results obtained in the particular case of flows in a curved channel contained between two concentric circles to a larger class of domains

Keywords:

• curved channel
• turbulence
• Navier Stokes equations
• curvature
• kinetic energy