Yu. M. Prikhodko

A description of a small icing wind tunnel designed for studying the icing processes at the Khristianovich Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences is presented. The use of such a wind tunnel offers a possibility not only of studying the physical features of the icing process, but also of testing methods of anti-icing control, validating numerical methods used for calculating the icing processes, etc.

The operation of the centrifugal disk pump is experimentally studied. To summarize experimental data, dimensionless parameters are introduced. A method for calculating the flow rate, pressure, and throttling characteristics is proposed. The method ensures accuracy sufficient fort engineering calculations.

The need for blood circulation support systems in the treatment of chronic heart failure is constantly increasing as 20% of patients on the waiting list die every year. Despite the great need for mechanical heart support systems the use of available systems is limited by the high cost. Therefore, further research in the field of circulatory support systems is appropriate taking into account medical and technical requirements. One of the new research areas is viscous friction disk pumps for transporting liquids based on the Tesla pump principle. The experimental model of LVAD disk pump is developed. Analytical dependencies are obtained to optimize the hydraulic parameters of the pump. On their basis, the experimental model of LVAD disk pump was designed and created. The results of analytical and experimental studies of such a pump are presented.

Multiple-disk fans belong to the class of friction machines; they can be designed in two variants: centrifugal disk fans and diametrical disk fans. Flow patterns in these two types of machines are different, and they possess different heat transfer characteristics. The paper presents results of experimental study for a centrifugal disk fan under atmospheric pressure with air taken as working gas. The radial temperature distribution for a disk was obtained at different rotation speed of the rotor and different heating of the disks. Heat transfer characteristics of a centrifugal disk fan and a diametrical disk fan were compared. The research results demonstrate a higher heat transfer efficiency for centrifugal design versus diametrical disk design.

The results of experimental study of the centrifugal disk fan (CDF) heat exchange under atmospheric pressure, the working gas being air, are presented. The heat exchange characteristics for the CDF at different rotor speed and disk heating temperatures are obtained.

Experimental study was performed for operation of a centrifugal disk pump at atmospheric air pressure. The dimensionless parameters were developed for generalization of experimental data on flow rate and head of the pump. The method for calculation of a pumping curve and throttling characteristic was offered through use of semiemperical generalization formulas. The method ensures a good accuracy in calculations, which is proved by comparison of calculation and experimental data for the pump tested.

CO₂ lasers with transverse discharge and convective gas cooling find ever-increasing application. On strategy in making such lasers more efficient radiators is increasing the rate of the gas flow through the discharge zone with the help of diametral disk fans-heat exchangers. The application of such fans-heat exchangers, however, entails serious difficulties related to the glow discharge-gas flow interaction. In the present study, we investigate the stability problem for volume discharge in the gas loop of a CO₂ laser with diametral dis fans-heat exchangers.