Parameters

Value

Reynolds number [Re = ρDUm/μ]

10,000

Dean number [De = Re(Rc/D)0.5]

7,071

Fluid (water) temperature

25˚C ± 1˚C

Angular speed of swirl generator ω

min: 0 min−1; max: 480 min−1

Swirl intensity S

0; 0.25; 0.5; 0.75; and 1

Frequency of phased array transducer

2 MHz

Steering angle θs

0; −5; and −10˚

Pulse repetition frequency fprf

1 kHz

Number of repetition Nrep

256

Spatial resolution Δy

0.74 mm

Time resolution Δt [Nrep/fprf]

0.256 s

Number of velocity profiles

10,000