Structure of a supersonic erosion plasma jet

A supersonic erosion plasma jet was generated in a heavy-current discharge in a capillary. The jet development diagram is presented. A spectral study of the jet flowing from the capillary is conducted and densitograms of the negatives are presented. The temperatures and electron and ion concentrations are determined. Moscow. Translated from Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 1, pp. 181–185, January–February, 1997.     

Velocity of ions of a plasma jet from an arc source at various potentials on the plasma boundary

The effect of the potential of a conical electrode near the anode of an ion source on the speed of ions of the plasma jet ejected from the anode orifice is studied. An original method for measuring the velocity is used. Qualitative diffferences in the effect of the electrode on ions in the anode region and on the periphery of the plasma flow are discussed. Institute of Chemical Kinetics and Combustion, Siberian Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk 630090. Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 39, No. 6, pp. 3–7, November–December, 1998.     

Unsteady-state periodic jet structure created by the pulsed motion of a piston jet generator

The results of an experimental and theoretical investigation of the process of formation of an unsteady-state water jet by the pulsed motion of the piston of a piston jet generator are given. An approximate mathematical model of the generator dynamics which can explain the mechanism of formation of the experimentally obtained periodic transverse thickening structure is considered.Nikolaev. Translated from Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 4, pp. 172–178, July–August, 1996.     

Measurement of the charge composition of ions in experiments on interaction of a laser plasma flow with a pulsed gas jet

The ion composition of a plasma flow obtained by intense irradiation of a solid target is determined by methods of probing diagnostics and measuring the secondary emission rate. As the ions fly through a dense gas jet, C ⁵⁺ ions are found to recharge to C ⁴⁺ ions and then to C ³⁺ ions. The fraction of high-charge ions in the initial plasma flow and their concentration in the region of interaction with the jet are calculated. The concentration of atoms in the gas jet is estimated on the basis of the integral change in the charge value. Results necessary for analyzing the conditions of experiments on effective charge-transfer pumping and laser generation in the far ultraviolet spectral range are obtained. __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 50, No. 3, pp. 36–43, May–June, 2009.     

Grid electrode in a plasma jet

Scattering of plasma-jet protons by a strip formed by long parallel metal filaments was investigated. The strip is located perpendicularly to the jet at a distance of70 mm from an ion extractor. Results of the experiment are adequately described by a model of a beam of noninteracting particles. Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 39, No. 5, pp. 3–5, September–October, 1998.     

Laser heating of its erosional low-temperature plasma in the process of gasdynamic motion

A study is made of the gasdynamical and optical properties of erosional laser plasma jets in the presence and absence of laser radiation. It is shown that in processes of plasma formation during the action of laser radiation of moderate intensity (q 10⁷ W/cm²) on absorbing materials, the heating of the disintegration products by the attacking laser radiation plays an important role. The temperature distribution is obtained along the plasma jet which forms during the laser attack counter to its propagation in a quartz tube confining the dispersion. The temperature maximum is found at the exit from the tube, is caused by the heating of the erosional laser plasma by the incident laser radiation in the process of its one-dimensional gasdynamical motion, and indicates the screening of the surface from the laser radiation. It is established that the screening is affected by the gasdynamical structure of the plasma jet and by the spacing of the plasma clusters corresponding to the regular pulses of laser radiation.Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Mekhaniki i Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, No. 1, pp. 13–18, January–February, 1974.The authors are grateful to M. A. El'yashevich for his interest in the work.     

Simulation by a source of a thin jet from a body

An exact analytic solution is found to the following plane hydrodynamic problem. An unbounded flow of an ideal incompressible fluid flows around a plate BB' placed at right angles to the velocity vector of the flow at infinity. The pressure on the free boundary P is equal to the pressure in the flow. From an opening in the center of the plate, a jet with flow rate Q from a cavity with pressure P₀ encounters the flow head-on. As a result of the solution, it is found that for fixed width of the opening the values of Q allowed by the scheme are limited. In the limiting case Q = 0 Chaplygin's flow is obtained with stagnation region at the front [1], and in the limiting case Q = Q_max a jet out of a cavity with pressure P₀ into a cavity with pressure P. As Q varies in this interval, the total drag, regarded as the drag of the plate and the chamber from which the jet emerges, takes a minimal value at a certain point. If the width of the opening tends to the length of the slab, the problem of the collision of two jets is obtained; if the width of the opening tends to zero (Q o), the problem of jet flow past a slab with a source is obtained. It is shown that the replacement of the jet by the source gives a good approximation in both the sense of the force characteristics and in the sense of the behavior of the free streamlines.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Hekhanika Shidkosti i Gaza, No. 5, pp. 47–54, September–October, 1979.We thank L. I. Sedov for his interest in the work and G. Yu. Stepanov for proposing the method of solution and for a helpful discussion.     

Structure of the jet from a generic catheter tip

A generic feature of a wide variety of central venous catheters, which are typically located within the superior vena cava (SVC), is a jet from a side hole of the catheter tip. Particle image velocimetry is employed in conjunction with a scaled-up water facility, in order to characterize the structure of the jet as a function of dimensionless hole diameter and jet velocity ratio. Quantitative patterns in the radial and crossflow planes of the catheter-SVC system define the jet evolution. It has distinctive features, relative to the classical jet in a crossflow, which issues from a small opening in a planar surface into a region of large extent.     

Investigation of electrogasdynamic jet behind a source of charged particles

We have investigated theoretically and experimentally a submerged jet emerging from a source of charged particles (corona-producing system). Simplest scaling laws are established for the distribution of the electric parameters in a unipolarly charged gas jet in the case of grounded and insulated sources. It is shown that the current from a grounded source and the floating potential to which an insulated system is charged depend strongly on the ambient conditions. Methods of decreasing the floating potential were investiated experimentally. The distributions of the local electric parameters in the jet were measured using a probe method. The propagation of viscous unipolarly-charged jets and the phenomenon of electric wind formation were investigated in [1, 2] and [2–5], respectively. The distinguishing features of the flows considered in the article consisted of their organization (blowing of a jet of uncharged gas over the corona-producing system), absence of walls to limit the flow, and the weak influence of electrostatic forces on the gas motion. The developed setup has made it possible to simulate the processes of accumulation of electric charge on a body as a result of the escape of a jet stream.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 5, pp. 3–13, September–October, 1971.In conclusion, the authors thank G. M. Bam-Zelikovich for useful discussions.     

Heat losses in a pulsed plasma accelerator

The nonuniform distribution of the heat losses and of electric-current density in the profiled channel of a coaxial pulsed electromagnetic plasma accelerator was noted in [1].It will be shown below that this nonuniformity is the main cause of high heat losses in the channel. By reducing the nonuniformity in the discharge distribution, we could experimentally reduce losses in the accelerating electrodes and increase the energy efficiency of the accelerator from 45 to 60%.I thank G. M. Bam-Zelikovich for attention to the work and S. V. Gusev and E. I. Parfenova for assistance in the experiments.     

Time-of-flight probing of a plasma jet in a magnetic field

Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Mekhaniki i Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, No. 1, pp. 8–11, January–February, 1991.     

Flow of a jet from a slit-type source into a longitudinal carrying flow

It is shown that the problem of the mixing of a jet flowing out of an infinitely long slit-type source, with a homogeneous stream flowing parallel to the source of a jet, is analogous to the problem of the propagation of heat in a plane jet.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR. Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 6, pp. 83–86, November–December, 1971.The author thanks Yu. Ya. Boldyrev for his aid in making the calculations in the present work.     

脉冲液体射流泵能量平衡试验研究

根据脉冲液体射流泵主要流动部件的能量损失压力比,对其能量平衡进行试验,研究了主要过流部件的能量转化与脉冲频率之间的关系。与恒定液体射流泵试验数据进行对比,证明了脉冲频率、脉冲装置对脉冲液体射流泵的主要流动部件的能量损失压力比有一定的影响;且脉冲射流是提高射流泵传能及传质效率的有效途径。     

Analysis and reconstruction of a pulsed jet in crossflow by multi-plane snapshot POD

In this work, snapshot proper orthogonal decomposition (POD) is used to study a pulsed jet in crossflow where the velocity fields are extracted from stereoscopic particle image velocimetry (SPIV) results. The studied pulsed jet is characterized by a frequency f = 1 Hz, a Reynolds number Re _j  = 500 (based on the mean jet velocity ${\overline{U}_{j}}$  = 1.67 cm/s and a mean velocity ratio of R = 1). Pulsed jet and continuous jet are compared via mean velocity field trajectory and Q criterion. POD results of instantaneous, phase-averaged and fluctuating velocity fields are presented and compared in this paper. Snapshot POD applied on one plane allows us to distinguish an organization of the first spatial eigenmodes. A distinction between “natural modes” and “pulsed modes” is achieved with the results obtained by the pulsed and unforced jet. Secondly, the correlation tensor is established with four parallel planes (multi-plane snapshot POD) for the evaluation of volume spatial modes. These resulting modes are interpolated and the volume velocity field is reconstructed with a minimal number of modes for all the times of the pulsation period. These reconstructions are compared to orthogonal measurements to the transverse jet in order to validate the obtained three-dimensional velocity fields. Finally, this POD approach for the 3D flow field reconstruction from experimental data issued from planes parallel to the flow seems capable to extract relevant information from a complex three-dimensional flow and can be an alternative to tomo-PIV for large volume of measurement.     

自激振荡脉冲射流喷嘴装置系统频率特性理论研究

根据相似系统原理和流体网络理论建立了自激振荡脉冲射流喷嘴装置的等效网络模型,利用系统传递函数推导了系统频率特性方程并进行了数值计算。结果表明:喷嘴装置的固有频率主要由喷嘴形状、结构参数、入口流速、射流中压力扰动波波速决定;自激振荡腔腔径、自激振荡腔腔长、上喷嘴直径、下喷嘴直径都对系统频率特性影响很大。提出了相应的自激振荡脉冲射流喷嘴设计准则,即喷嘴装置在最佳阻尼比下产生谐波共振。