Measurements of scalar and velocity fields in turbulent crossflowing jets with low velocity ratio

Author(s):  
L. Su ◽  
D. Han ◽  
R. Miraflor ◽  
M. Mungal
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Kristo ◽  
Mark L. Kimber

Investigation of the near field dynamics of a single and tandem array of three jets are provided by 2-D time-resolved particle image velocimetry (TR-PIV) measurements. Instantaneous velocity fields are examined in the transverse and spanwise planes with jet to cross flow velocity ratios in the range from 0.9 to 1.7. Previous studies have shown that for high ratios (≥2), the leading jet provides sufficient shielding to ensure that all jets downstream exhibit nearly identical flow characteristics. The current transverse plane measurements exhibit more unique and localized features as a result of the competing effects of pressure gradients and vortex mechanisms assessed via the jet exit profiles, first and second order turbulent statistics, streamline trajectories, recirculation areas, and penetrations depths. Proper orthogonal decomposition (POD) is applied to the spanwise plane instantaneous velocity fields to determine the statistically dominant features of the single and tandem jet configurations at equivalent velocity ratios. The velocity fields are then reconstructed using the truncated POD modes to provide further insight into the shear layer and wake vortices that drive these configurations. Vortex identification algorithms are applied to the reconstructed velocity fields to determine the statistical characteristics of the vortices, including their centroids, populations, areas, and strengths, each of which exhibit largely different dependencies on jet configuration and velocity ratio. Several of the investigated metrics are found to exhibit different behaviors below and above a velocity ratio of unity, and also as a function of increasing velocity ratio between 1 and 2, implying that several transitions mechanisms are present in the low velocity ratio regime investigated herein.


2014 ◽  
pp. 53-67
Author(s):  
I. Pirkovic ◽  
O. Atanackovic

In this paper we generalized the fast convergent Forth-and-Back Implicit Lambda Iteration (FBILI) method to the solution of the two-level atom line transfer problems in media with low velocity fields using the observer?s reference frame. In order to test the accuracy and the convergence properties of the method we solved several astrophysically important benchmark problems of the NLTE line formation: in a plan-parallel differentially expanding medium of finite thickness, and in spherically symmetric stellar atmospheres, both static and expanding. We compared our solutions with those obtained by other authors using different numerical methods.


Author(s):  
Fraser B. Jones ◽  
Dale W. Fox ◽  
David G. Bogard

Abstract Film cooling is used to protect turbine components from the extreme temperatures by ejecting coolant through arrays of holes to create an air buffer from the hot combustion gases. Limitations in traditional machining meant film cooling holes universally have sharp inlets which create separation regions at the hole entrance. The present study uses experimental and computational data to show that these inlet separation are a major cause of performance variation in crossflow fed film cooling holes. Three hole designs were experimentally tested by independently varying the coolant velocity ratio (VR) and the coolant channel velocitty ratio (VRc) to isolate the effects of crossflow on hole performance. Leveraging additive manufacturing technologies, the addition of a 0.25D radius fillet to the inlet of a 7-7-7 shaped hole is shown to significantly improve diffuser usage and significantly reduce variation in performance with VRc. A second AM design used a very large radius of curvature inlet to reduce biasing caused by the inlet crossflow. Experiments showed that this “swept” hole design did minimize biasing of coolant flow to one side of the shaped hole and it significantly reduced variations due to varying VRc. RANS simulations at six VR and three VRc conditions were made for each geometry to better understand how the new geometries changed the velocity field within the hole. The sharp and rounded inlets were seen to have very similar tangential velocity fields and jet biasing. Both AM inlets created more uniform, slower velocity fields entering the diffuser. The results of this paper indicate large improvements in film cooling performance can be found by leveraging AM technology.


AIAA Journal ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 230-239 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dimitris E. Nikitopoulos ◽  
Jason W. Bitting ◽  
Sivaram Gogineni

Author(s):  
Thomas M. Leonard ◽  
Stephen Spence ◽  
Juliana Early ◽  
Dietmar Filsinger

Mixed flow turbines can offer improvements over typical radial turbines used in automotive turbochargers, with regards to transient performance and low velocity ratio efficiency. Turbine rotor mass dominates the rotating inertia of the turbocharger, and any reductions of mass in the outer radii of the wheel, including the rotor back-disk, can significantly reduce this inertia and improve the acceleration of the assembly. Off-design, low velocity ratio conditions are typified by highly tangential flow at the rotor inlet and a non-zero inlet blade angle is preferred for such operating conditions. This is achievable in a Mixed Flow Turbine without increasing bending stresses within the rotor blade, which is beneficial in high speed and high inlet temperature turbine design. A range of mixed flow turbine rotors was designed with varying cone angle and inlet blade angle and each was assessed at a number of operating points. These rotors were based on an existing radial flow turbine, and both the hub and shroud contours and exducer geometry were maintained. The inertia of each rotor was also considered. The results indicated that there was a trade-off between efficiency and inertia for the rotors and certain designs may be beneficial for the transient performance of downsized, turbocharged engines.


Author(s):  
James S. Porter ◽  
Alan D. Henderson ◽  
Gregory J. Walker

Literature regarding the influence of inlet conditions on cooling hole flows is reviewed. A general failure to fully quantify inlet conditions and an inconsistent terminology for describing them is noted. This paper argues for use of an inlet velocity ratio (IVR) defined as the ratio of the coolant passage velocity to the jet velocity, together with additional parameters required to define the velocity distribution in the coolant supply passage. Large scale experimental investigations of the internal flow field for a laterally expanded 50 times scale fan-shaped hole are presented, together with a computational investigation of the flow, for three inlet velocity ratios. Inlet lip separation causes a jetting effect that extends throughout the length of the cooling hole. A low velocity region of separated fluid exists on the downstream wall of the diffuser which deflects the jetting fluid towards the upstream side of the hole. This effect is most pronounced at low IVR values. The exit velocity profiles and turbulence distributions are highly dependent on the IVR.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoyu Wang ◽  
Di Qi ◽  
Tong Li ◽  
Mei Lin ◽  
Hanbing Ke ◽  
...  

Abstract Heat transfer characteristics of a circular cylinder in the branch of a T-junction are experimentally investigated in a low-speed wind tunnel with Reynolds number of Rec = 9163. Local and average heat transfer distributions around the circular cylinder are obtained for the cylinder positions from x/Dh=0.5 to 13 and the velocity ratios from 0.117 to 0.614. It is found that the overall heat transfer characteristics in a T-junction duct at high velocity ratio are lower than those at low velocity ratio, and both are higher than those in the straight duct. The local Nusselt number in the T-junction duct is asymmetrical distribution and weakens with increasing velocity ratios and positions of the cylinder. The angles of the front and rear stagnation points in the T-junction duct are the same as those in the straight duct at certain velocity ratio and/or position of the cylinder. However, the angles of the front and rear separation points in the T-junction duct do not match those in the straight duct. Both the heat transfer correlation coefficients and the amplitude ratios increase with increasing positions of the circular cylinder and velocity ratios.


1962 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 139-144
Author(s):  
W. C. Meecham ◽  
John DeNoyer

Abstract The geometry of the medium in the vicinity of an otherwise symmetrical source is shown to produce a frequency dependent variation of amplitude with azimuth. The model considered is a cylindrical low velocity and low density fluid medium that is contained in a full space of a higher velocity and density fluid material. A simple harmonic point source is located on the axis of the cylinder. Amplitudes in the higher velocity medium at large distances from the source are found to be functions of the velocity ratio and the density ratio of the two media, the radius of the cylinder, the wavelength, and the angle between the axis of the cylinder and a line connecting the point of observation with the source.


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