A numerical study of turbulent opposed impinging jets issuing from triangular nozzles with different geometries

In present research, two turbulent opposed impinging air jets issuing from triangular nozzles with fixed and variable exit velocity ratios and different nozzle-to-nozzle distances have been studied numerically and then compared with rectangular and circular nozzles. The finite volume method has been applied for solving mass and momentum equations. The turbulence model being used here is k-ε RNG. Distributions of pressure, turbulence, kinetic energy and its dissipation rate in various regions especially on the impingement regions have been obtained with high accuracy. Study of the nozzle geometries has shown the advantage of triangular nozzles over other geometries. First, the triangle’s base in nozzle geometry has an important role in our study case which, mixing two flows and regions with high turbulence intensity, directly depends on it. Second, our results show that circular and rectangular nozzles have less efficiency than triangular nozzles in mixing applications. Third and last, it was found that the radial jet being created by opposed jets has some similarities to free jets. In this investigation, air in standard atmospheric pressure has been applied as working fluid.     

Wavepacket models for subsonic twin jets using 3D parabolized stability equations

An extension of the classical parabolized stability equations to flows strongly dependent on the two cross-stream spatial directions and weakly dependent on the streamwise one is applied to model the large-scale structures present in twin-jet configurations. The existence of these unsteady flow structures, usually referred to as wavepackets, has been demonstrated in the literature for both subsonic and supersonic round jets, along with their relation to the generation of highly directional noise emitted in the aft direction. The present study considers twin-jet configurations with different separations at high Reynolds number and subsonic conditions. The existing instability modes for the twin-jet mean flow, their dependence on the separation of the two jets, and the interaction between the wavepackets originating from the two jets is investigated here. Arising from the axisymmetric mode for single round jets, two dominant modes are found for twin jets: a varicose one, relatively insensitive to jets' proximity, but likely to be efficient in radiating noise; a sinuous one, whose amplification is strongly dependent on the jets' distance, and which can be expected to produce weaker acoustic signatures.     

In-Nozzle Measurements of a Turbulent Opposed Jet Using PIV

Turbulent opposed jet burners are an excellent test case for combustion research and model development due to the burners’ compactness, relative simplicity, and the good optical access they provide. The flow-field in the flame region depends strongly on the turbulence generation inside the nozzles, so that realistic flow simulations can only be achieved if the flow inside the nozzles is represented correctly, which must be verified by comparison to suitable experimental data. This paper presents detailed particle image velocimetry (PIV) measurements of the flow issuing from the turbulence generating plates (TGP) inside a glass nozzle. The resulting data is analyzed in terms of first and second moments, time-series, frequency spectra and phase averages. The measurements show how individual high velocity jets emerging from the TGP interact and recirculation zones are formed behind the solid parts of the TGP. Vortex shedding is observed in the jet’s shear layer were high levels of turbulent kinetic energy are generated. Time series measurements revealed periodic pulsations of the individual jets and implied a coupling between adjacent jets. The peak frequencies were found to be a function of the Reynolds-number.     

On the analysis of turbulent transport processes in nonreacting multijet burner flows

Measurements of time-resolved velocity characteristics have been obtained with a laser-Doppler velocimeter in the vicinity of a model of an industrial oxy-fuel burner. The burner consists of a central axisymmetric jet surrounded by 16 circular jets, simulating the injection of oxygen in practical burners. The experiments were carried out for isothermal flows and quantify the effect of swirl for 0 ≤ S ≤ 0.9 on the mixing efficiency of the burner assembly. The results show that the present flow develops faster than related coaxial free jets with similar velocity ratios between central and peripheral air streams and, for example, for the nonswirling flow the rate of decay of the centreline velocity increases by a factor of 2. Swirl attenuates the three-dimensional structure typical of multijet flows although the peripheral jets limit the radial spreading of the swirling flow and give rise to increased values of mean shear strain and, therefore, to turbulent production. The existence of zones characterized by large turbulence anisotropy indicate the need to take account of the individual normal stresses in any proposed mathematical model to simulate the flow characteristics. Inspection of the terms in the conservation equation for the turbulent stresses quantify the extent to which interaction of normal stresses with normal strains influences the flow and suggests the likely combined magnitude of turbulent diffusion and dissipation.     

Two parallel plane jets: mean flow and effects of acoustic excitation

 The flow field generated by unventilated two parallel jets has been investigated using LDA. The two nozzles each with an aspect ratio of 24 were separated by 4.25 nozzle widths. Results show that a recirculation zone with sub-atmospheric static pressure was bounded by the inner shear layers of the individual jets and the nozzles plate. It was shown that the two-dimensionality of the flow was greatly enhanced by the installation of side plates and that the flow was independent of Reynolds number between 8300 and 19300. Acoustic excitation introduced at the outer shear layer mode has been shown to reduce the size of the potential core, recirculation zone, merging length and combined length but enhance jet spreading, streamwise velocity decay and volume entrainment. Received: 18 November 1994/Accepted: 26 July 1996     

Flow field characterization of coaxial conical and serrated (chevron) nozzles

PIV measurements were performed to provide insight into the effect of serrated (chevron) nozzles on the flow field of a coaxial circular jet. The serrations were tested on the primary nozzle. Mean flow results showed that the chevron effectively redistributes momentum from the high velocity center stream outward to the lower velocity secondary stream by creating lateral jets. This leads to a more rapid decay of the peak jet velocity and a consequent reduction in the length of the jet potential core. Local increases of up to 65% in the outer stream velocity were measured. The interaction of the secondary jets with the lower velocity outer stream produces increases in turbulent kinetic energy (TKE) near the center nozzle lip. These flow field effects correlate with the jet’s acoustic emissions: Reduction of low-frequency noise due to large scale mixing and potential core shortening, and increased high-frequency noise due to increased near-field turbulence.     

Effect of Sudden Expansion on Entrainment and Spreading Rates of a Jet Issuing from Asymmetric Nozzles

Turbulent free jets issuing from five different nozzle geometries; smooth pipe, contracted circular, rectangular, triangular, and square, are experimentally investigated by using TSI 2-D laser Doppler velocimetry (LDV) to assess the effect of nozzle geometry and quarl (i.e. a cylindrical sudden expansion) on jet entrainment and spreading. The centerline mean velocity decay and the jet half-velocity width, which are indicators of jet entrainment and spreading rates, are determined for each nozzle’s flow configuration, i.e. with and without sudden expansion. Furthermore, turbulence quantities, such as the flow mean velocities and their mean fluctuating components, as well as Reynolds shear stresses, are all measured along the centerline plane of the jet to facilitate understanding the extent of the effect of nozzle’s geometry (i.e. nozzle’s orifice shape and sudden expansion) on jet’s entrainment and spreading. The main results show that the jet flow with the presence of sudden expansion exhibits higher rates of entrainment and spreading than without. In addition, these results reveal that sudden expansion exercises a greater effect on the asymmetric jet characteristics, especially for the triangular and rectangular nozzles compared to their axisymmetric counterparts (i.e. circular contracted nozzle).     

Experimental and numerical analysis of the jet dispersion from a bent chimney around an obstacle

An experimental study and a numerical modelling analysis were carried out simultaneously to study the flow field structure issuing from a chimney around an obstacle. The main purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of the jet emitted from a chimney (bent or straight) on the dynamics and the turbulent features of the surrounding flow. The consideration of these features is particularly pertinent to the understanding of mixing between the interacting flows which may be very important in controlling pollutant dispersion in the atmosphere. The experimental data are depicted by means of a PIV technique; whereas the numerical three-dimensional model is simulated through the resolution of the different governing Navier–Stokes equations. The volume finite method, together with the second order turbulent closure model (RSM), was adopted. Variations in obstacle form (cylindrical or parallelepiped) and chimney configuration (bent or straight) were tested and features studied were: the global jet plume, the windward and leeward jet spread; the size, location and magnitude of the reverse flow region; the penetration and the deflection of the jet trajectory around the obstacle. All these considerations allowed us to characterize well the impact of the injection of the jet emitted from the chimney within the crossflow, and its spreading around the obstacle and within the whole domain. Such characterization is very important with regard to pollutant dispersion and consequently to the environmental impact. Indeed, the different species contained within the emitted fumes are mainly directed by the velocity components and their mixing and progression within the domain and around the obstacle are closely related.     

Visualization and two-color DPIV measurements of flows in circular and square coaxial nozzles

 High-resolution, reactive Mie scattering laser-sheet visualizations, two-color digital particle image velocimetry (DPIV) and thermal anemometry measurements in flows generated by equivalent coaxial circular and square jets are presented. Visualization results were obtained for three square, coaxial configurations, and a reference circular coaxial nozzle, at two Reynolds numbers of the outer jet (19,000 and 29,000) and for inner-to-outer jet velocity ratios of 0.15, 0.22, and 0.3. These indicated that the internal unmixed region diminished with decreasing velocity ratio. Strong evidence of unsteady recirculation and back-flow was observed at the end of the core of the inner jet, for the low velocity ratios. Comparisons between circular and square jet configurations indicated considerable mixing enhancement when square nozzles were used. Low-coherence, organized large-scale structure was evident from the visualizations and DPIV measurements near the origin of the inner mixing-region shear layers, and more so in the core region of the near field. These observations were confirmed by velocity spectra, which displayed peaks corresponding to a free shear-layer instability mode in the inner mixing-region shear layers, and a wake-type mode in the core region where the mean flow has a wake-like character. Although some large-scale structure was observed in the outer mixing layer during the visualizations, this was found to be incoherent on the basis of the DPIV measurements and the velocity spectra. It is noted that no axis-switching phenomena were observed in the square nozzle flows examined here. This is attributed to the absence of an organized structure in the outer shear layer, which was initially highly turbulent, and the weakly coherent nature of the organized structure observed in the inner mixing-region near field. Received: 2 November 1998/Accepted: 8 September 2000     

Simulations of Spatially Developing Two-Dimensional Shear Layers and Jets

A computational study of spatially evolving two-dimensional free shear flows has been performed using direct numerical simulation of the Navier–Stokes equations in order to investigate the ability of these two-dimensional simulations to predict the overall flow-field quantities of the corresponding three-dimensional “real” turbulent flows. The effects of inflow forcing on these two-dimensional flows has also been studied. Simulations were performed of shear layers, as well as weak (large co-flow and relatively weak shear) and strong (small co-flow and relatively strong shear) jets. Several combinations of discrete forcing with and without a broadband background spectrum were used. Although spatially evolving direct simulations of shear layers have been performed in the past, no such simulations of the plane jet have been performed to the best of our knowledge. It was found that, in the two-dimensional shear layers, external forcing led to a strong increase in the initial growth of the shear-layer thickness, followed by a region of decreased growth as in physical experiments. The final downstream growth rate was essentially unaffected by forcing. The mean velocity profile and the naturally evolving growth rate of the shear layer in the case of broadband forcing compare well with experimental data. However, the total and transverse fluctuation intensities are larger in the two-dimensional simulations with respect to experimental data. In the weak-jet simulations it was found that symmetric forcing completely overwhelms the natural tendency to transition to the asymmetric jet column mode downstream. It was observed that two-dimensional simulations of “strong” jets with a low speed co-flow led to a fundamentally different flow with large differences even in mean velocity profiles with respect to experimental data for planar jets. This was a result of the dominance of the two-dimensional mechanism of vortex dipole ejection in the flow due to the lack of spanwise instabilities. Experimental studies of planar jets do not show vortex dipole formation and ejection. A three-dimensional “strong”-jet simulation showed the rapid evolution of three-dimensionality effectively preventing this two-dimensional mechanism, as expected from experimental results. Received: 25 November 1996 and accepted 17 April 1997     

A mixing layer in a homogeneous fluid

A mathematical model for the evolution of a mixing layer in shear flows is constructed. The problem of a mixing layer with pressure gradient is solved: in particular, the distributions of the velocity and basic characteristics of turbulent flow in the mixing layer are obtained. Lavrent'ev Institute of Hydrodynamics, Siberian Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk 630090. Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 41, No. 4, pp. 81–92, July–August, 2000.     

Flow field characterization of a jet and vortex actuator

 An actuator, which produces several different flow fields that may be used for active flow control, is characterized in still air using flow visualization and velocity measurements. The primary actuator-induced flow fields are: free jets, wall jets, and vortex flows. The non-dimensional parameters governing these actuator-induced flows are developed. For the vortex-flow regime, the operational range of the actuator increases as it’s size decreases without a significant decrease in either the actuator induced velocity or vortex core size. The velocity scaling is developed for the vortex flow and suggests that the optimum actuator efficiency occurs at a Stokes number of approximately 7.9 for the range of parameters surveyed. In a turbulent, zero pressure gradient boundary layer, measurements made just downstream of the actuator (when operated in the vortex mode) indicate a vortical disturbance is generated in the boundary layer. Received: 2 September 1998/Accepted: 9 January 1999     

Space–time correlation measurements of high-speed axisymmetric jets using optical deflectometry

An optical deflectometry system is used to provide unique space–time correlation measurements at two positions separated by varying axial distances within a high-speed jet shear layer. The measurements were made for both pure air and for helium/air mixture jets at Mach numbers M=0.9 and M=1.5. The jets issue from round nozzles and the sensing volumes at the two measurement positions consist of small light filaments along spanwise lines that are tangential to the annular jet shear layer. Applying this technique to obtain measurements detailing the level of correlation, spectral content, and convection velocity for jet flows in these flow regimes near the end of the potential core is particularly important in the understanding and prediction of jet noise. Measurements near the end of the potential core along the jet lip line exhibit distinct cross-correlation curves for the pure air jet cases. However, helium/air mixture jets display much lower levels of correlation and little evidence of large-scale structure in the measured spectra. It is believed that the thick visual density gradients dominated by smaller scales throughout the shear layer of the helium/air mixture jets effectively mask the large-scale structure, thus, reflecting a limitation of this optical deflectometer. Finally, a decrease in normalized convection velocity with helium addition is observed.     

Temperature impact on the turbulence generated by the interaction of twin inline inclined jets in crossflow

Consideration is given to the interaction of twin tandem jets with an oncoming uniform crossflow. A variable temperature is assumed for the emitted jets while the crossflow is maintained constant, equivalent to the ambient temperature. Both jet nozzles are elliptic, as initially inclined with an angle of 60°, placed three diameters apart in line with the crossflow and discharge a nonreactive fume. The handled configuration is numerically simulated in the present work, by means of the finite volume method together with a non uniform grid system. The model is first validated with reference to available experimental data, in the simple isothermal case of air jets in air crossflow. It is then upgraded by considering a nonreactive fume discharged at a variable temperature. The upgraded model turbulence is described by means of the Reynolds Stress Model second order turbulent closure model. The present work is to our knowledge pioneering in the introduction of this particular model is such a configuration and its introduction proved to be highly valuable since is described satisfyingly the turbulent behavior of the resulting flowfield. This behavior is, precisely, specified in terms of shear stress components whose evolutions, explored along the different directions of the domain, showed a more pronounced vertical mixing, and gave rise to more significant vortices in most characterizing zones: near the injection plane as well as within the discharging nozzles.     

Hysteresis phenomena in a plane rotatable nozzle

The flow in a rotatable nozzle is calculated within the framework of the Reynolds equations and the Spalart-Allmaras turbulence model on the pressure difference range 1.1 < π < 5 for four configurations of the nozzle with the area ratio ε = 1.52 and two angles of the nozzle axis rotation. The flow structure is determined and the thrust characteristics and the angles of the thrust vector rotation are obtained. It was found that in the overexpansion regime the flows in plane symmetric and rotatable nozzles involve hysteresis phenomena due the Coanda effect and the interaction between the boundary layer and a shock generated within the nozzle on its supersonic walls. The hysteresis phenomena detected provide an up-to-4% divergence in the thrust coefficient for the same problem parameters. The results of the numerical modeling are compared with the experimental data and the results of calculations in accordance with Sekundov’s model.     

自由剪切湍流中颗粒-拟序结构相互作用研究进展

从实验和数值模拟两方面评述了颗粒-湍流拟序结构相互作用的近期研究进展.关于Stokes数不同对颗粒行为和拟序结构影响的试验研究,从单点激光多普勒测量到粒子图像全场测速,并与流场显示定性方法结合,揭示了不同Stokes数范围颗粒-拟序结构相互作用的规律.基于涡方法、直接数值模拟和大涡模拟等的模拟研究,进一步揭示颗粒-拟序结构的相互耦合作用和外界激励的调制作用等规律,同时推动了算法的发展.      

Turbulence measurements in a flow generated by the collision of radially flowing wall jets

Early results of an experimental investigation of the abnormally high turbulence level and mixing layer growth rate characteristics found in the upwash regions of aircraft with vertical short takeoff and landing (V/STOL) flows in ground effect are presented. The upwash flow is formed from the collision of two opposing radially flowing wall jets. The wall jets are created in a unique way that allows the upwash to form without any interference due to the source jets. The objective of this work is to systematically characterize the development and structure of the flow. The upwash flow exhibits very large mixing rates compared to turbulent free or wall jet flows. A unique set of two component velocity profiles was taken in the upwash flow field. These measurements include several higher moment terms that appear in the turbulent kinetic energy equations, as well as length scales and intermittency determinations. Measurements were taken' along the axis connecting the two source jets as well as off this axis at six measurement stations above ground. The results provide detailed data on an important class of flows where none existed, and they are expected to significantly improve the computational empirical tools available for predicting V/STOL behavior near the ground.A version of this paper was presented at the 10th Symposium on Turbulence, University of Missouri-Rolla, September 22–24, 1986     

Parametric Study of Alternating Flow Patterns in Non-Reacting Multiple-Swirl Flows

Multiple nozzle combustors, under certain conditions, may result in flowfields that differ between nozzles in an alternating pattern. Previous work has provided some clues on the parameters which govern the appearance of this behavior, but there is a lack of systematic studies. A series of non-reacting simulations of adjacent swirling flows is used to investigate the effect of nozzle exit flare angle and swirl number on the presence of the alternating flow pattern. Two-nozzle simulations are shown to accurately predict if an asymmetric flow characteristic appears and are therefore used in the parametric investigation. Alternating flow patterns are predicted at nozzle exit flare angles of 105 degrees (for a swirl number of 0.79) and 120 degrees (for a swirl number of 0.69 and 0.79). Under conditions close to the stability boundary between symmetric and asymmetric flows, the nozzle exit flare and increased swirl number push the shear layers against the dome wall so that the flows between each nozzle are largely opposite in direction. An increase in nozzle exit flare above 120^° results in separated flows exiting from the inlet and a return to a symmetric flow state. This is consistent with a proposed physical mechanism based on hydrodynamic stability in turbulent opposed jets.     

Liquid film break-up in a model of a prefilming airblast nozzle

 The paper describes the atomisation process of a liquid in an axissymmetric shear layer formed through the interaction of turbulent coaxial jets (respectively, inner and outer jets), with and without swirl, in a model airblast prefilming atomiser. The atomisation process and spray quality was studied using different visualisation techniques, namely laser shadowgraphy and digital image acquisition. The experiments were conducted for different liquid flow rates, Reynolds numbers ranging from 6600 to 66000 and 27300 to 92900 for the inner and outer air flows, respectively, for different outer flow swirl levels, and two liquid film thicknesses −0.2 and 0.7 mm. All the tests were carried out at atmospheric pressure and using water. The results include the analysis of the film structure at break-up and of the break-up length, and suggest that the deterioration of the liquid film close to the atomising edge exhibits a periodic behaviour and is mainly dependent on the inner air velocity. Film thickness strongly affects the time and length scales of the break-up process for the lower range of air velocities. For higher inner air velocities, the break-up length and time become less dependent on liquid flow rate and initial film thickness. Received: 14 March 1997/Accepted: 27 October 1997