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Investigation of potential flow using the soap film analogy – a historical review
Author(s) -
Heitkam Sascha,
Ihlenfeld Horst,
Fröhlich Jochen
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
pamm
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1617-7061
DOI - 10.1002/pamm.201410485
Subject(s) - analogy , soap film , soap , flow (mathematics) , soap bubble , mechanics , computer science , physics , philosophy , epistemology , world wide web
Abstract The soap film analogy is a tool for analysing potential flow in complex geometries. It has been used around 1960 in Dresden to investigate the flow in high‐pressure turbine cascades. The present paper briefly reviews the technique and reports on the comparison between historical results, achieved with the soap film analogy, and numerical simulations. It illustrates the capabilities of the method and the historical progress made since then. (© 2014 Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)