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Vortex dynamics and wall shear stress behaviour associated with an elliptic jet impinging upon a flat plate

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Vortical structures and dynamics of a Re h = 2100 elliptic jet impinging upon a flat plate were studied at H/d h = 1, 2 and 4 jet-to-plate separation distances. Flow investigations were conducted along both its major and minor planes using laser-induced fluorescence and digital particle image velocimetry techniques. Results show that the impingement process along the major plane largely consists of primary jet ring-vortex and wall-separated secondary vortex formations, where they subsequently separate from the flat plate at smaller H/d h = 1 and 2 separation distances. Key vortex formation locations occur closer to the impingement point as the separation distance increases. Interestingly, braid vortices and rib structures begin to take part in the impingement process at H/d h = 4 and wave instabilities dominate the flow field. In contrast, significantly more coherent primary and secondary vortices with physically larger vortex core sizes and higher vortex strengths are observed along the minor plane, with no signs of braid vortices and rib structures. Lastly, influences of these different flow dynamics on the major and minor plane instantaneous and mean skin friction coefficient levels are investigated to shed light on the effects of separation distance on the wall shear stress distributions.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the support for the present study by a Nanyang Technological University Start-Up Grant and the Nanyang Technological University PhD Research Scholarship provided for the first author.

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Long, J., New, T.H. Vortex dynamics and wall shear stress behaviour associated with an elliptic jet impinging upon a flat plate. Exp Fluids 57, 121 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00348-016-2206-9

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