Predictions of Impacting Sonic and Supersonic Jets

1997 ◽  
Vol 119 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. S. Cumber ◽  
M. Fairweather ◽  
S. A. E. G. Falle ◽  
J. R. Giddings

A mathematical model of sonic and supersonic jets, validated previously by the present authors for the prediction of moderately and highly underexpanded free jets, is used to simulate the near field structure of jets which impact a flat surface orthogonally, and its accuracy assessed by comparing model predictions with experimental data available in the literature. For impacting, moderately underexpanded jets, results derived from the model are found to be in close agreement with data on the location of both free jet shocks, and the stand-off shock formed adjacent to the impacted surface. In addition, the model provides reasonable estimates of density within the free jet and stagnation regions of such flows, with the existence, or otherwise, of bubbles being successfully predicted. Measurements of pressure occurring on the surface of the impacted plate, produced by the impingement of both sonic and supersonic jets, are also predicted with reasonable accuracy, although the decaying amplitude of spatially periodic pressure oscillations within the wall jet region of these flows is slightly over predicted in some cases.

Author(s):  
K-H Lee ◽  
T Setoguchi ◽  
S Matsuo ◽  
H-D Kim

The present study addresses experimental investigations of the near-field flow structures of an underexpanded sonic, dual, coaxial, swirl jet. The swirl stream is discharged from the secondary annular nozzle and the primary inner nozzle provides the underexpanded free jets. The interactions between the secondary swirl and primary underexpanded jets are quantified by a fine pitot impact and static pressure measurements and are visualized using a shadowgraph optical method. The pressure ratios of the secondary swirl and primary underexpanded jets are varied below 7.0. Experiments are conducted to investigate the effects of the secondary swirl stream on the primary underexpanded jets, compared with the secondary stream of no swirl. The results show that the presence of an annular swirl stream causes the Mach disc to move further downstream, with an increased diameter, and remarkably reduces the fluctuations of the impact pressures in the underexpanded sonic dual coaxial jet, compared with the case of the secondary annular stream with no swirl.


2008 ◽  
Vol 606 ◽  
pp. 27-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. ALBAYRAK ◽  
E. J. HOPFINGER ◽  
U. LEMMIN

Experimental results are presented of the mean flow and turbulence characteristics in the near field of a plane wall jet issuing from a nozzle onto flat and concave walls consisting of fixed sand beds. This is a flow configuration of interest for sediment erosion, also referred to as scouring. The measurements were made with an acoustic profiler that gives access to the three components of the instantaneous velocities. For the flat-wall flow, it is shown that the outer-layer spatial growth rate and the maxima of the Reynolds stresses approach the values accepted for the far field of a wall jet at a downstream distance x/b0 ≈ 8. These maxima are only about half the values of a plane free jet. This reduction in Reynolds stresses is also observed in the shear-layer region, x/b0 < 6, where the Reynolds shear stress is about half the value of a free shear layer. At distances x/b0 > 11, the maximum Reynolds shear stress approaches the value of a plane free jet. This change in Reynolds stresses is related to the mean vertical velocity that is negative for x/b0 < 8 and positive further downstream. The evolution of the inner region of the wall jet is found to be in good agreement with a previous model that explicitly includes the roughness length.On the concave wall, the mean flow and the Reynolds stresses are drastically changed by the adverse pressure gradient and especially by the development of Görtler vortices. On the downslope side of the scour hole, the flow is nearly separating with the wall shear stress tending to zero, whereas on the upslope side, the wall-friction coefficient is increased by a factor of about two by Görtler vortices. These vortices extend well into the outer layer and, just above the wall, cause a substantial increase in Reynolds shear stress.


1995 ◽  
Vol 117 (4) ◽  
pp. 599-604 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. S. Cumber ◽  
M. Fairweather ◽  
S. A. E. G. Falle ◽  
J. R. Giddings

A mathematical model capable of predicting the shock and flow structure of turbulent, underexpanded jets is described. The model is based on solutions of the fluid flow equations obtained using a second-order accurate, finite-volume integration scheme together with an adaptive grid algorithm. Closure of these equations is achieved using a k-ε turbulence model coupled to the compressible dissipation rate correction proposed by Sarkar et al. (1991a). Extending earlier work which demonstrated the ability of this model to predict the structure of moderately underexpanded jets, the present paper compares model predictions and experimental data, reported in the literature, on a number of highly underexpanded releases. The results obtained demonstrate that the model yields reliable predictions of shock structure in the near field, inviscid region of such jets, while in the far field results derived using the compressibility corrected turbulence model are adequate for predicting mean flow properties, and are superior to those obtained using a standard k-ε approach.


2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 4-34
Author(s):  
Reda R Mankbadi ◽  
Saman Salehian

In this work we propose replacing the conventional flat-surface airframe that shields the engine by a wavy surface. The basic principle is to design a wavy pattern to reflect the incoming near-field flow and acoustic perturbations into waves of a particular dominant frequency. The reflected waves will then excite the corresponding frequency of the large-scale structure in the initial region of the jet’s shear layer. By designing the frequency of the reflected waves to be the harmonic of the fundamental frequency that corresponds to the radiated peak noise, the two frequency-modes interact nonlinearly. With the appropriate phase difference, the harmonic dampens the fundamental as it extracts energy from it to amplify. The outcome is a reduction in the peak noise. To evaluate this concept, we conducted Detached Eddy Simulations for a rectangular supersonic jet with and without the wavy shield and verified our numerical results with experimental data for a free jet, as well as, for a jet with an adjacent flat surface. Results show that the proposed wavy surface reduces the jet noise as compared to that of the corresponding flat surface by as much as 4 dB.


Author(s):  
Adra Benhacine ◽  
Zoubir Nemouchi ◽  
Lyes Khezzar ◽  
Nabil Kharoua

A numerical study of a turbulent plane jet impinging on a convex surface and on a flat surface is presented, using the large eddy simulation approach and the Smagorinski-Lilly sub-grid-scale model. The effects of the wall curvature on the unsteady filtered, and the steady mean, parameters characterizing the dynamics of the wall jet are addressed in particular. In the free jet upstream of the impingement region, significant and fairly ordered velocity fluctuations, that are not turbulent in nature, are observed inside the potential core. Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities in the shear layer between the jet and the surrounding air are detected in the form of wavy sheets of vorticity. Rolled up vortices are detached from these sheets in a more or less periodic manner, evolving into distorted three dimensional structures. Along the wall jet the Coanda effect causes a marked suction along the convex surface compared with the flat one. As a result, relatively important tangential velocities and a stretching of sporadic streamwise vortices are observed, leading to friction coefficient values on the curved wall higher than those on the flat wall.


1967 ◽  
Vol 71 (680) ◽  
pp. 585-587 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Rajaratnam ◽  
K. Subramanya

The aim of this note is to compare the plane turbulent free jet diffusing in an infinite stagnant ambient environment with the corresponding plane turbulent wall jet on a smooth boundary regarding the three important characteristics, namely the velocity distribution and the variation of the velocity and length scales, in the region of developed flow.


2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 146-163
Author(s):  
Alejandro Aljure Osorio ◽  
Xavier Tauzia ◽  
Alain Maiboom

Diesel engines are becoming smaller as technology advances, which means that the fuel spray (or jet) interacts with the cylinder walls before combustion starts. Most fuel injection 1D models (especially for diesel fuel) do not consider this interaction. Therefore, a wall-jet sub-model was created on an Eulerian 1D diesel spray model. It was calibrated using data from the literature and validated with experimental data from a fuel spray impacting a plate in a constant volume combustion chamber. Results show that the spray moving along the wall has a higher mixing rate but less penetration as an equivalent free jet, therefore they show a similar volume. Spray-wall interaction creates a stagnation zone right before the impact with the wall, and friction of the jet with the wall is relatively low. All these phenomena are well captured by the wall-jet sub-model.


2011 ◽  
Vol 19 (03) ◽  
pp. 291-316 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALI UZUN ◽  
M. YOUSUFF HUSSAINI

This paper demonstrates an application of computational aeroacoustics to the prediction of noise generated by a round nozzle jet flow. In this study, the nozzle internal flow and the free jet flow outside are computed simultaneously by a high-order accurate, multi-block, large-eddy simulation (LES) code with overset grid capability. To simulate the jet flow field and its radiated noise, we solve the governing equations on approximately 370 million grid points using high-fidelity numerical schemes developed for computational aeroacoustics. Projection of the near-field noise to the far-field is accomplished by coupling the LES data with the Ffowcs Williams–Hawkings method. The main emphasis of these simulations is to compute the jet flow in sufficient detail to accurately capture the physical processes that lead to noise generation. Two separate simulations are performed using turbulent and laminar inflow conditions at the jet nozzle inlet. Simulation results are compared with the corresponding experimental measurements. Results show that nozzle inflow conditions have an influence on the jet flow field and far-field noise.


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