The flow field of rectangular helical channel with triangle winglet pair vortex generator was measured experimentally. The curvature of the helical channel was 0.05. The experimental data are in good agreement with the calculated data. The evolution of vorticity in the helical channel and the influence of Reynolds number and the curvature on the effective influence distance of vortex generator were investigated by numerical method. The results show that

two extra vortices in common-flow-down type emerge near the inner wall in the rectangular cross section of the helical channel with triangle winglet pair vortex generator. The values of extra vorticity are 2.0-2.8 times those of the original vorticity. The effective influence distance of the vortex generator increases with the decrease of curvature and the increase of Reynolds number. It can reach 79 times of the height of the vortex generator with the curvature of 0.05

attack angle of 10° and Reynolds number of 5370.