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The use of annuli, converging nozzles, and a converging-diverging wall section in round tubes to reduce the laminar entry lengths was studied. Over a very limited range of Reynolds numbers only the largest diameter annuli were partially effective—and then only by yielding a reduction of 20 percent.
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Emery et al. (1968) studied this question.
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