FLOW IN A BUNDLE OF TUBES IN ALTERNATE ROWS
Henri Werlé
ONERA
Example of an internal flow whose organization plays a major part in the efficiency of a heat exchanger.
The tests emphasised the configurations (distance between rows, alternate positioning) that ensure all
elements of the bundle with a good distribution of clean flow and a reduction of their wake.
Image created by Henri Werlé. Reproduced with permission from his spectacular
collection Courants et Couleurs published in 1974 by ONERA, the French Aerospace Lab.
For further information, see
On the Flow of Fluids Made Visible,
Henri Werlé,
Leonardo, Vol. 8, No. 4. (Autumn, 1975), pp. 329-331.