Mean and Turbulence Characteristics of a Class of Three-Dimensional Wall Jets—Part 1: Mean Flow Characteristics

1991 ◽  
Vol 113 (4) ◽  
pp. 620-628 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Padmanabham ◽  
B. H. Lakshmana Gowda
Keyword(s):  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Flow Characteristics ◽  
Experimental Investigations ◽  
Wall Jet ◽  
Mean Flow ◽  
Wall Jets ◽  
Mean Velocity ◽  
Turbulence Characteristics ◽  
Turbulent Wall ◽  
And Behavior

This paper reports experimental investigations on mean and turbulence characteristics of three-dimensional, incompressible, isothermal turbulent wall jets generated from orifices having the shapes of various segments of a circle. In Part 1, the mean flow characteristics are presented. The turbulence characteristics are presented in Part 2. The influence of the geometry on the characteristic decay region of the wall jet is brought out and the differences with other shapes are discussed. Mean velocity profiles both in the longitudinal and lateral planes are measured and compared with some of the theoretical profiles. Wall jet expansion rates and behavior of skin-friction are discussed. The influence of the geometry of the orifice on the various wall jet properties is presented and discussed. Particularly the differences between this class of geometry and rectangular geometries are critically discussed.

Mean and Turbulence Characteristics of a Class of Three-Dimensional Wall Jets—Part 2: Turbulence Characteristics

1991 ◽  
Vol 113 (4) ◽  
pp. 629-634 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Padmanabham ◽  
B. H. Lakshmana Gowda
Keyword(s):  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Flow Characteristics ◽  
Shear Stresses ◽  
Normal Stresses ◽  
Mean Flow ◽  
Wall Jets ◽  
Turbulence Characteristics ◽  
Turbulent Wall Jets ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Turbulent Wall

The mean flow characteristics of three-dimensional, incompressible, isothermal turbulent wall jets generated from orifices having the shapes of various segments of a circle are presented in Part 1 of this paper. In this part, the turbulence characteristics are presented. Turbulence quantities measured include normal stresses and Reynolds shear stresses in the characteristic-decay and in the radial-decay regions of the wall jets investigated. These results are compared with those available for two-dimensional and three-dimensional wall jets. The presence of counter-gradient regions and the feature of “energy reveral” are discussed.

Mean and turbulence characteristics of three-dimensional wall jets

1975 ◽  
Vol 71 (3) ◽  
pp. 541-562 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. V. Chandrasekhara Swamy ◽  
P. Bandyopadhyay
Keyword(s):  
Skin Friction ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Longitudinal Direction ◽  
Experimental Investigations ◽  
Length Scale ◽  
Wall Jet ◽  
Similar Form ◽  
Turbulence Characteristics ◽  
Self Similar ◽  
Turbulent Wall

This paper reports experimental investigations on the characteristic decay and the radial-type decay regions of a three-dimensional isothermal turbulent wall jet in quiescent surroundings. The velocity and the length scale behaviour for both the longitudinal and the transverse directions are studied, and compared with the results of other workers. The estimated skin friction is discussed in relation to the available data from earlier investigations. Wall jet expansion rates and the behaviour of skin friction are also discussed. The rate of approach of turbulence components to a self-similar form is found to be influenced by the fact that the expansion rate of the wall jet in the longitudinal direction is different from that in the transverse.

Effect of initial conditions on mean flow characteristics of a three dimensional turbulent wall jet

2021 ◽  
pp. 095440622110149
Author(s):  
Sarvesh Kumar ◽  
Amitesh Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Initial Conditions ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Flow Characteristics ◽  
Wall Jet ◽  
Mean Flow ◽  
Mean Velocity ◽  
Nozzle Length ◽  
Number Formula ◽  
Local Reynolds Number

The effect of initial conditions in a [Formula: see text] sidewall enclosure on the mean flow characteristics of a three dimensional turbulent square wall jet has been studied experimentally. The initial conditions are varied by varying the length of the nozzle; it is varied as l/ h = 10, 50, and 90, where l and h indicates the nozzle length and the side of the square nozzle, respectively. The effect of nozzle length on initial velocity profiles, velocity distribution in lateral and wall normal directions, spread rate, decay of maximum mean velocity, local Reynolds number and similarity behaviour has been studied. The wall normal spread width is higher for the nozzle length l/h = 10 in the near field [Formula: see text] but this trend completely changed after [Formula: see text]. The spread rate is found independent of the initial condition of the nozzles in the fully developed region. The decay rate of maximum mean velocity is found higher for l/ h = 10 in the region of ([Formula: see text], whereas decay rate becomes independent of the initial conditions in the fully developed region [Formula: see text]. The local Reynolds number variation is also estimated along the downstream directions for present case and found that the local Reynolds number [Formula: see text] reaches approximately 56% of the jet exit Reynolds number [Formula: see text] at [Formula: see text] for nozzle length l/ h = 10, while it is 57% and 59% of Rejet for the nozzles [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] respectively at the same location. The nozzle l/ h = 10 attained self similar behaviour more quickly as compared to the other nozzles. The sidewall played a significant role which pushed the fluid more towards the center resulting in a lower jet half width in the wall normal direction as compared to the corresponding case, without a sidewall. The decay rates of the maximum mean velocity for all the nozzles are estimated to be 1.08 which is in the accepted range found in the literature.

scholarly journals Experimental Investigation on Mean Flow Development of a Three-Dimensional Wall Jet Confined by a Vertical Baffle

Water ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 237
Author(s):  
Ming Chen ◽  
Haijin Huang ◽  
Xingxing Zhang ◽  
Senpeng Lv ◽  
Rengmin Li
Keyword(s):  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Wall Jet ◽  
Lateral Growth ◽  
Mean Flow ◽  
Particle Image Velocimetry Technique ◽  
Mean Velocity ◽  
Flow Development ◽  
Velocity Decay ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Vertical Baffle

Three-dimensional (3D) confined wall jets have various engineering applications related to efficient energy dissipation. This paper presents experimental measurements of mean flow development for a 3D rectangular wall jet confined by a vertical baffle with a fixed distance (400 mm) from its surface to the nozzle. Experiments were performed at three different Reynolds numbers of 8333, 10,000 and 11,666 based on jet exit velocity and square root of jet exit area (named as B), with water depth of 100 mm. Detailed measurements of current jet were taken using a particle image velocimetry technique. The results indicate that the confined jet seems to behave like an undisturbed jet until 16B downstream. Beyond this position, however, the mean flow development starts to be gradually affected by the baffle confinement. The baffle increases the decay and spreading of the mean flow from 16B to 23B. The decay rate of 1.11 as well as vertical and lateral growth rates of 0.04 and 0.19, respectively, were obtained for the present study, and also fell well within the range of values which correspond to the results in the radial decay region for the unconfined case. In addition, the measurements of the velocity profiles, spreading rates and velocity decay were also found to be independent of Reynolds number. Therefore, the flow field in this region appears to have fully developed at least 4B earlier than the unconfined case. Further downstream (after 23B), the confinement becomes more pronounced. The vertical spreading of current jet shows a distinct increase, while the lateral growth was found to be decreased significantly. It can be also observed that the maximum mean velocity decreases sharply close to the baffle.

Calculation of Turbulent Wall Jets With an Algebraic Reynolds Stress Model

1980 ◽  
Vol 102 (3) ◽  
pp. 350-356 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Ljuboja ◽  
W. Rodi
Keyword(s):  
Reynolds Stress ◽  
Reynolds Stress Model ◽  
Transport Equations ◽  
Turbulent Shear ◽  
Wall Jet ◽  
Wall Jets ◽  
Mean Velocity ◽  
Empirical Constant ◽  
Turbulent Wall Jets ◽  
Turbulent Wall

A modified version of the k-ε turbulence model is developed which predicts well the main features of turbulent wall jets. The model relates the turbulent shear stress to the mean velocity gradient, the turbulent kinetic energy k, and the dissipation rate ε by way of the Kolmogorov-Prandtl eddy viscosity relation and determines k and ε from transport equations. The empirical constant in the Kolmogorov-Prandtl relation is replaced by a function which is derived by reducing a model form of the Reynolds stress transport equations to algebraic expressions, retaining the wall damping correction to the pressure-strain model used in these equations. The modified k-ε model is applied to a wall jet in stagnant surroundings as well as to a wall jet in a moving stream, and the predictions are compared with experimental data. The agreement is good with respect to most features of these flows.

Three-Dimensional Wall Jet Originating from a Circular Orifice

1972 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 188-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
B G Newman ◽  
R P Patel ◽  
S B Savage ◽  
H K Tjio
Keyword(s):  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Plane Wall ◽  
Similarity Analysis ◽  
Length Scale ◽  
Wall Jet ◽  
Mean Velocity ◽  
Lateral Direction ◽  
Rate Of Growth ◽  
Circular Orifice ◽  
Turbulent Wall

SummaryAn incompressible three-dimensional turbulent wall jet originating from a circular orifice located adjacent to a plane wall is studied both theoretically and experimentally. An approximate similarity analysis predicts that the two transverse length scales,l0and L0, and the inverse of the mean velocity scale grow linearly with distance downstream x from the orifice. Experimental measurements of mean velocity and longitudinal turbulence intensity profiles were made both in air and water with hot-wire and hot-film anemometers respectively. The behaviour predicted by the similarity analysis was verified. It was found that the rate of growth of the length scale normal to the plane wall, dl0/dx, was somewhat less than that found for a two-dimensional wall jet, whereas the rate of growth of the length scale in the lateral direction, dL0/dx, was about seven times greater than dl0/dx.

Turbulent Vorticity Diffusion in the Stronger Wall Jet Managed by a Flat Plate Wing in the Outer Layer

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takuma Katayama ◽  
Shinsuke Mochizuki
Keyword(s):  
Shear Stress ◽  
Flat Plate ◽  
Outer Layer ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Reynolds Shear Stress ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Quantitative Relationship ◽  
Wall Jet ◽  
Mean Velocity ◽  
The Mean

The present experiment focuses on the vorticity diffusion in a stronger wall jet managed by a three-dimensional flat plate wing in the outer layer. Measurement of the fluctuating velocities and vorticity correlation has been carried out with 4-wire vorticity probe. The turbulent vorticity diffusion due to the large scale eddies in the outer layer is quantitatively examined by using the 4-wire vorticity probe. Quantitative relationship between vortex structure and Reynolds shear stress is revealed by means of directly measured experimental evidence which explains vorticity diffusion process and influence of the manipulating wing. It is expected that the three-dimensional outer layer manipulator contributes to keep convex profile of the mean velocity, namely, suppression of the turbulent diffusion and entrainment.

Coherent structures and dominant frequencies in a turbulent three-dimensional diffuser

2012 ◽  
Vol 699 ◽  
pp. 320-351 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johan Malm ◽  
Philipp Schlatter ◽  
Dan S. Henningson
Keyword(s):  
Coherent Structures ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Flow Characteristics ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Bulk Velocity ◽  
Time Signal ◽  
Mean Flow ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Dominant Frequencies

AbstractDominant frequencies and coherent structures are investigated in a turbulent, three-dimensional and separated diffuser flow at $\mathit{Re}= 10\hspace{0.167em} 000$ (based on bulk velocity and inflow-duct height), where mean flow characteristics were first studied experimentally by Cherry, Elkins and Eaton (Intl J. Heat Fluid Flow, vol. 29, 2008, pp. 803–811) and later numerically by Ohlsson et al. (J. Fluid Mech., vol. 650, 2010, pp. 307–318). Coherent structures are educed by proper orthogonal decomposition (POD) of the flow, which together with time probes located in the flow domain are used to extract frequency information. The present study shows that the flow contains multiple phenomena, well separated in frequency space. Dominant large-scale frequencies in a narrow band $\mathit{St}\equiv fh/ {u}_{b} \in [0. 0092, 0. 014] $ (where $h$ is the inflow-duct height and ${u}_{b} $ is the bulk velocity), yielding time periods ${T}^{\ensuremath{\ast} } = T{u}_{b} / h\in [70, 110] $, are deduced from the time signal probes in the upper separated part of the diffuser. The associated structures identified by the POD are large streaks arising from a sinusoidal oscillating motion in the diffuser. Their individual contributions to the total kinetic energy, dominated by the mean flow, are, however, small. The reason for the oscillating movement in this low-frequency range is concluded to be the confinement of the flow in this particular geometric set-up in combination with the high Reynolds number and the large separated zone on the top diffuser wall. Based on this analysis, it is shown that the bulk of the streamwise root mean square (r.m.s.) value arises due to large-scale motion, which in turn can explain the appearance of two or more peaks in the streamwise r.m.s. value. The weak secondary flow present in the inflow duct is shown to survive into the diffuser, where it experiences an imbalance with respect to the upper expanding corners, thereby giving rise to the asymmetry of the mean separated region in the diffuser.

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