In the present, a steady laminar of two dimensional and incompressible fluid flow induces from wall injection in a circular chamber has been studied experimentally and numerically. The water is injected from injection system into the chamber through the wall jets. The centerline static pressure variation with the distance along the chamber length is measured and calculated at different Reynolds numbers and inlet flow angles. The average heat transfer with Reynolds number at different values of the inlet flow angle is obtained. The velocity vectors are presented and Reynolds number is varied between 433 and 910 with inlet flow angle of 0 deg, 15 deg, 30 deg, 45 deg, and 60 deg. The results indicate that the pressure recovery coefficient decreases as both Reynolds number and flow angle increase. The average heat transfer coefficient increases with increasing both Reynolds number and flow angle. The results showed that two recirculation zones occur in the sides of centerline of the chamber behind the step. The size of these recirculation zones decreases by increasing the inlet flow angle. At high value of the inlet flow angle, other recirculation zone occurs on the wall chamber.

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