METHOD OF RESTRICTED SPACE FORMATION FOR WORKING MEDIA MOTION

摘要

A method of restricted space formation for working media motion is described that can be used to design flow channels for flow of different working media in both simple as well as complex flow channel configurations. In one embodiment, a visual test method is used wherein a special relationship to a characteristic wavelength of a flowing fluid is present. In another embodiment, a fluid flow structure comprising micro-scale and large-scale structures can be identified from a visual image of flow of test medium through a test model (100) such that information concerning the fluid structure can be used to select a configuration for a flow channel (102) for use in a fluid flow apparatus. In another embodiment, a fluid flow apparatus is provided having a fluid channel (100) with a fluid flow boundary surface (102, 104) shaped to correspond to a shape of a fluid flow micro-scale and/or large-scale discrete structure of a flowing fluid.