Disturbances near the entry to a pipe are shown to effect significantly the development of the turbulent velocity profile. The attainment of a ‘fully developed’ profile at a Reynolds number of 4 × 105 takes rather longer than is often assumed. Consequently, some care is required when designing test facilities with entry pipes (or channels) providing inlet conditions for internal flow component investigations.
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