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The Mixing Mechanism by Organised Turbulence Structures in a Plane Jet Excited by a Novel Method

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A plane subsonic turbulent jet was subjected to controlled periodic oscillations of high amplitude at the nozzle exit. The oscillations produced considerable jet spreading and entrainment. Vortex dynamics played a significant role in this process and the amplification of the applied periodic disturbances was associated with a fairly well defined Strouhal number. Three distinct phases in the flow could be observed during excitation, namely, (a) flapping motion near the exit region, (b) formation of vortices at a critical Strouhal number and their amplification, and (c) breakdown of large vortices into smaller components with the flow becoming fully turbulent. The jet when operated with a simple straight duct-diffuser ejector system increased the thrust augmentation ratio by a factor of 1.20.

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Abbreviations

H:

Height of the nozzle at exit.

b:

Width of the jet corresponding to Uo/2

L:

Throw length, i.e., maximum movement of the reciprocating segments

P:

Static pressure

Us :

Mean velocity in the X direction

U:

Exit velocity

Ue :

Center line velocity

o :

Entrainment ratio

R:

Reynolds number HUe/V

Se :

Strouhal number fb/Uo

ft :

Excitation frequency

fe :

Natural frequency of the steady jet

Tn :

Thrust of the jet based on isentropic conditions

\({\mathop {\text{T}}\limits_{\text{e}} ^{\text{o}}} \) :

Thrust of the ejector

ø e :

Thrust augmentation ratio (To + Te)/To

θ :

Half angle of the diffuser

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Badri Narayanan, M.A., Platzer, M.F. (1988). The Mixing Mechanism by Organised Turbulence Structures in a Plane Jet Excited by a Novel Method. In: Liepmann, H.W., Narasimha, R. (eds) Turbulence Management and Relaminarisation. International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-83281-9_32

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