Statistical Properties of Round, Square, and Elliptic Jets at Low and Moderate Reynolds Numbers

2017 ◽  
Vol 139 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Seyed Sobhan Aleyasin ◽  
Mark Francis Tachie ◽  
Mikhail Koupriyanov

An experimental study was conducted to investigate the effect of nozzle geometries on the statistical properties of free orifice jets at low and moderate Reynolds numbers. The studied cross sections were round, square, and ellipses with aspect ratios of 2 and 3. For each jet, detailed velocity measurements were made using a particle image velocimetry (PIV) system at Reynolds numbers of 2500 and 17,000. The results showed that at both Reynolds numbers, the elliptic jets had relatively higher velocity decay and jet spreading; however, the nozzle geometry effects were more pronounced at Re = 17,000 than at Re = 2500. Analysis of the swirling strength revealed that the rotational motions induced by vortices within the minor planes of the elliptic jets were stronger than observed in the major planes, square and round jets which were consistent with the relatively higher spreading observed in the minor planes. It was observed that the streamwise locations of the switchover points were independent of Reynolds number but are a strong function of aspect ratio. Based on the present results and those documented in the literature, a linear correlation was proposed for the location of axis-switching in orifice jets. Due to the axis-switching phenomena, a sign change was observed in the distribution of the Reynolds shear stress in the major planes of the elliptic jets. This results in the existence of regions with negative eddy viscosity in the near field regions, an observation that has an important implication for the predictive capabilities of standard eddy viscosity models.

Author(s):  
Amin Jaberi ◽  
Mehran Tadjfar

The instability characteristics and flow structures of water jets injected from rectangular and elliptical nozzles with aspect ratios varying from 2 to 6 were experimentally studied and compared. Shadowgraph technique was employed for flow visualization, and structures on the liquid jet surface were captured using high speed photography. It was found that disturbances originating from the nozzle geometry initially perturbed the liquid column, and then, at high jet velocities, disturbances generated within the flow dominated the jet surface. It was also found that rectangular nozzles introduced more disturbances into the flow than the elliptical ones. The characteristic parameters of axis-switching phenomenon including wavelength, frequency, and amplitude were measured and compared. Axis-switching wavelength was found to increase linearly with Weber number. Also, the wavelengths of rectangular jets were longer than the elliptical jets. Further, the frequency of axis-switching was shown to be reduced with increase of both Weber number and aspect ratio. It was observed that the axis-switching amplitude increased monotonically, reached a peak, and then decreased gradually. It was also found that the axis-switching amplitude varied with Weber number. At lower values of Weber number, the rectangular nozzles had higher amplitude than the elliptical nozzles. However, at higher values of Weber number, this relation was reversed, and the elliptical nozzles had the higher axis-switching amplitudes. This reversal Weber number decreased with the orifice aspect ratio. The reversal Weber number for aspect ratio of 4 was about 289, and it had decreased to 144 for the aspect ratio of 6.


Author(s):  
K. Kailasanath ◽  
Junhui Liu ◽  
Ephraim Gutmark ◽  
David Munday ◽  
Steven Martens

In this paper, we present observations on the impact of mechanical chevrons on modifying the flow field and noise emanated by supersonic jet flows. These observations are derived from both a monotonically integrated large-eddy simulation (MILES) approach to simulate the near fields of supersonic jet flows and laboratory experiments. The nozzle geometries used in this research are representative of practical engine nozzles. A finite-element flow solver using unstructured grids allows us to model the nozzle geometry accurately and the MILES approach directly computes the large-scale turbulent flow structures. The emphasis of the work is on “off-design” or non-ideally expanded flow conditions. LES for several total pressure ratios under non-ideally expanded flow conditions were simulated and compared to experimental data. The agreement between the predictions and the measurements on the flow field and near-field acoustics is good. After this initial step on validating the computational methodology, the impact of mechanical chevrons on modifying the flow field and hence the near-field acoustics is being investigated. This paper presents the results to date and further details will be presented at the meeting.


Author(s):  
Seyed Sobhan Aleyasin ◽  
Nima Fathi ◽  
Mark Francis Tachie ◽  
Peter Vorobieff ◽  
Mikhail Koupriyanov

An experimental investigation was conducted to study the effects of Reynolds number on mixing characteristics and turbulent transport phenomena in the near and intermediate regions of free equilateral triangular and round jets issuing from modified contoured nozzles (nozzles with sharp linear contractions). Detailed velocity measurements were made using a particle image velocimetry at Reynolds numbers of 6000, 10000, 13800 and 20000. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) was also applied to understand the flow behaviors in different Reynolds numbers. We applied standard k-ε turbulence model in an axisymmetric domain to conduct the numerical simulation of the round jet cases. The potential core length was the system response quantity to evaluate our simulation against the experimental results. The geometrical comparative study shows enhanced mixing in the near field of the triangular jets compared to the round jets, regardless of Reynolds number. This conclusion is supported by shorter potential core length and faster growth of turbulence intensity on the centerline of the triangular jets. The obtained data in the round jets exhibit that the jet at the lowest Reynolds number has the most effective mixing with the ambient fluid, while increase in Reynolds number reduces the mixing performance. In the triangular jets almost there is no Reynolds number effect on the measured quantities including the length of the potential core, the decay rate and the axis-switching locations. The results revealed that the asymptotic values of the turbulence intensities on the jet centerline are not only independent of the Reynolds number but also they are the same for both the round and triangular jets. Due to the specific shape of the triangular nozzle, a skewed flow pattern is observed in the near field region in the major plane while the jet is absolutely symmetric in the minor plane. The turbulence structures in all the jets studied become larger as streamwise distance increases, while there is no considerable Reynolds number or nozzle geometry effects on the size of the structures on the jet centerline.


1991 ◽  
Vol 113 (4) ◽  
pp. 616-619 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. A. Antonia ◽  
D. K. Bisset ◽  
J. Kim

The mean velocity profile across a fully developed turbulent duct flow is obtained from an eddy viscosity relation combined with an empirical outer region wake function. Results are in good agreement with experiments and with direct numerical simulations in the same flow at two Reynolds numbers. In particular, the near-wall trend of the Reynolds shear stress and its variation with Reynolds number are similar to those of the simulations. The eddy viscosity method is more accurate than previous mixing length or implicit function methods.


Author(s):  
David Munday ◽  
Nick Heeb ◽  
Ephraim Gutmark ◽  
Junhui Liu ◽  
K. Kailasanath

This paper presents observations and simulations of the impact of several technologies on modifying the flow field and acoustic emissions from supersonic jets from nozzles typical of those used on military aircraft. The flowfield is measured experimentally by shadowgraph and particle image velocimetry (PIV). The acoustics are characterized by near and far-field microphone measurements. The flow and near-field pressures are simulated by monotonically integrated large-eddy simulation (MILES). Use of unstructured grids allows accurate modeling of the nozzle geometry. The nozzle geometries used in this research are representative of practical engine nozzles. The emphasis of the work is on “off-design” or non-ideally expanded flow conditions. The technologies applied to these nozzles include chevrons, fluidic injection and fluidically enhanced chevrons. The fluidic injection geometry and fluidic enhancement geometry follow the approach found successful for subsonic jets by Alkislar, Krothapalli & Butler [1] employing jets pitched 60° into the flow, impinging on the shear layer just past the tips of the chevrons, or in the same axial position when injection is without chevrons.


Nanophotonics ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 1141-1149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jed I. Ziegler ◽  
Marcel W. Pruessner ◽  
Blake S. Simpkins ◽  
Dmitry A. Kozak ◽  
Doewon Park ◽  
...  

AbstractHighly evanescent waveguides with a subwavelength core thickness present a promising lab-on-chip solution for generating nanovolume trapping sites using overlapping evanescent fields. In this work, we experimentally studied Si3N4 waveguides whose sub-wavelength cross-sections and high aspect ratios support fundamental and higher order modes at a single excitation wavelength. Due to differing modal effective indices, these co-propagating modes interfere and generate beating patterns with significant evanescent field intensity. Using near-field scanning optical microscopy (NSOM), we map the structure of these beating modes in three dimensions. Our results demonstrate the potential of NSOM to optimize waveguide design for complex field trapping devices. By reducing the in-plane width, the population of competing modes decreases, resulting in a simplified spectrum of beating modes, such that waveguides with a width of 650 nm support three modes with two observed beats. Our results demonstrate the potential of NSOM to optimize waveguide design for complex field trapping devices.


2021 ◽  
Vol 62 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nils Paul van Hinsberg

Abstract The aerodynamics of smooth and slightly rough prisms with square cross-sections and sharp edges is investigated through wind tunnel experiments. Mean and fluctuating forces, the mean pitch moment, Strouhal numbers, the mean surface pressures and the mean wake profiles in the mid-span cross-section of the prism are recorded simultaneously for Reynolds numbers between 1$$\times$$ × 10$$^{5}$$ 5 $$\le$$ ≤ Re$$_{D}$$ D $$\le$$ ≤ 1$$\times$$ × 10$$^{7}$$ 7 . For the smooth prism with $$k_s$$ k s /D = 4$$\times$$ × 10$$^{-5}$$ - 5 , tests were performed at three angles of incidence, i.e. $$\alpha$$ α = 0$$^{\circ }$$ ∘ , −22.5$$^{\circ }$$ ∘ and −45$$^{\circ }$$ ∘ , whereas only both “symmetric” angles were studied for its slightly rough counterpart with $$k_s$$ k s /D = 1$$\times$$ × 10$$^{-3}$$ - 3 . First-time experimental proof is given that, within the accuracy of the data, no significant variation with Reynolds number occurs for all mean and fluctuating aerodynamic coefficients of smooth square prisms up to Reynolds numbers as high as $$\mathcal {O}$$ O (10$$^{7}$$ 7 ). This Reynolds-number independent behaviour applies to the Strouhal number and the wake profile as well. In contrast to what is known from square prisms with rounded edges and circular cylinders, an increase in surface roughness height by a factor 25 on the current sharp-edged square prism does not lead to any notable effects on the surface boundary layer and thus on the prism’s aerodynamics. For both prisms, distinct changes in the aerostatics between the various angles of incidence are seen to take place though. Graphic abstract


Nanophotonics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 1457-1467 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georg Ramer ◽  
Mohit Tuteja ◽  
Joseph R. Matson ◽  
Marcelo Davanco ◽  
Thomas G. Folland ◽  
...  

AbstractThe anisotropy of hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) gives rise to hyperbolic phonon-polaritons (HPhPs), notable for their volumetric frequency-dependent propagation and strong confinement. For frustum (truncated nanocone) structures, theory predicts five, high-order HPhPs, sets, but only one set was observed previously with far-field reflectance and scattering-type scanning near-field optical microscopy. In contrast, the photothermal induced resonance (PTIR) technique has recently permitted sampling of the full HPhP dispersion and observing such elusive predicted modes; however, the mechanism underlying PTIR sensitivity to these weakly-scattering modes, while critical to their understanding, has not yet been clarified. Here, by comparing conventional contact- and newly developed tapping-mode PTIR, we show that the PTIR sensitivity to those weakly-scattering, high-Q (up to ≈280) modes is, contrary to a previous hypothesis, unrelated to the probe operation (contact or tapping) and is instead linked to PTIR ability to detect tip-launched dark, volumetrically-confined polaritons, rather than nanostructure-launched HPhPs modes observed by other techniques. Furthermore, we show that in contrast with plasmons and surface phonon-polaritons, whose Q-factors and optical cross-sections are typically degraded by the proximity of other nanostructures, the high-Q HPhP resonances are preserved even in high-density hBN frustum arrays, which is useful in sensing and quantum emission applications.


Author(s):  
Matthew A. Smith ◽  
Randall M. Mathison ◽  
Michael G. Dunn

Heat transfer distributions are presented for a stationary three passage serpentine internal cooling channel for a range of engine representative Reynolds numbers. The spacing between the sidewalls of the serpentine passage is fixed and the aspect ratio (AR) is adjusted to 1:1, 1:2, and 1:6 by changing the distance between the top and bottom walls. Data are presented for aspect ratios of 1:1 and 1:6 for smooth passage walls and for aspect ratios of 1:1, 1:2, and 1:6 for passages with two surfaces turbulated. For the turbulated cases, turbulators skewed 45° to the flow are installed on the top and bottom walls. The square turbulators are arranged in an offset parallel configuration with a fixed rib pitch-to-height ratio (P/e) of 10 and a rib height-to-hydraulic diameter ratio (e/Dh) range of 0.100 to 0.058 for AR 1:1 to 1:6, respectively. The experiments span a Reynolds number range of 4,000 to 130,000 based on the passage hydraulic diameter. While this experiment utilizes a basic layout similar to previous research, it is the first to run an aspect ratio as large as 1:6, and it also pushes the Reynolds number to higher values than were previously available for the 1:2 aspect ratio. The results demonstrate that while the normalized Nusselt number for the AR 1:2 configuration changes linearly with Reynolds number up to 130,000, there is a significant change in flow behavior between Re = 25,000 and Re = 50,000 for the aspect ratio 1:6 case. This suggests that while it may be possible to interpolate between points for different flow conditions, each geometric configuration must be investigated independently. The results show the highest heat transfer and the greatest heat transfer enhancement are obtained with the AR 1:6 configuration due to greater secondary flow development for both the smooth and turbulated cases. This enhancement was particularly notable for the AR 1:6 case for Reynolds numbers at or above 50,000.


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