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Density effects on jet characteristics in confined swirling flow

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Density effects on isothermal jet mixing in confined swirling flow are investigated. The experiment is carried out with helium/air as the jet fluid in the same facility as that used by So et al. (1984a, b) and the test conditions are chosen to be the same as before. Contrary to the homogeneous mixing results, the helium jet is preserved up to 40 jet diameters downstream. The behavior of the mean and turbulence field depends highly on the initial jet velocity. Since the jets are fully turbulent and the jet momentum fluxes for inhomogeneous mixing are less than those for homogeneous mixing, the cause of this difference in behavior is directly attributed to the combined action of density difference and swirl. In spite of this, near isotropy of the turbulence field is again observed at ∼ 40 jet diameters downstream.

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    Present address: Allison Gas Turbine Operation, P.O. Box 420, 46206, Indianapolis, IN, USA

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  1. Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, Arizona State University, 85287, Tempe, AZ, USA

    S. A. Ahmed, R. M. C. So & H. C. Mongia

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Ahmed, S.A., So, R.M.C. & Mongia, H.C. Density effects on jet characteristics in confined swirling flow. Experiments in Fluids 3, 231–238 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00265106

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