Numerical and Experimental Investigation of Near-Field Mixing in Parallel Dual Round Jets

Parallel underexpanded round jets system has been widely used in engineering applications, and the flow field structures are very complex because of the jets interaction. In this paper, we studied the near-field mixing phenomenon in parallel dual underexpanded jets numerically by solving the Reynold...

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Main Authors: Xie Zheng, Xie Jian, Jiang Wei, Du Wenzheng
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2016-01-01
Series:International Journal of Aerospace Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/7935101
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description Parallel underexpanded round jets system has been widely used in engineering applications, and the flow field structures are very complex because of the jets interaction. In this paper, we studied the near-field mixing phenomenon in parallel dual underexpanded jets numerically by solving the Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes Equations. The numerical results agree well with experimental data acquired by particle image velocimetry. Similar to plane jets, to some degree, two round jets are deflected towards the dual nozzle symmetry plane; the flow field can also be divided into three regions. Meanwhile, attempts have been made to predict merge point and combine point locations on certain cross profile of computational domain by correlating them with jet spacing and jet pressure ratio. The jet spacing plays an important role in jets interaction, and jet interaction decreases with the increase in jet spacing. The jets interaction in terms of merge (combine) point and pressure varies significantly while the jet spacing differs. Additionally, as pressure ratio increases, the effect of jet interaction decreases, and the merge (combine) point location moves downstream.
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spelling doaj-art-cb0ca750b64441f0bee964c18cf2065c2025-08-20T02:19:48ZengWileyInternational Journal of Aerospace Engineering1687-59661687-59742016-01-01201610.1155/2016/79351017935101Numerical and Experimental Investigation of Near-Field Mixing in Parallel Dual Round JetsXie Zheng0Xie Jian1Jiang Wei2Du Wenzheng3Xi’an High Technology Research Institute, Xi’an 710025, ChinaXi’an High Technology Research Institute, Xi’an 710025, ChinaXi’an High Technology Research Institute, Xi’an 710025, ChinaXi’an High Technology Research Institute, Xi’an 710025, ChinaParallel underexpanded round jets system has been widely used in engineering applications, and the flow field structures are very complex because of the jets interaction. In this paper, we studied the near-field mixing phenomenon in parallel dual underexpanded jets numerically by solving the Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes Equations. The numerical results agree well with experimental data acquired by particle image velocimetry. Similar to plane jets, to some degree, two round jets are deflected towards the dual nozzle symmetry plane; the flow field can also be divided into three regions. Meanwhile, attempts have been made to predict merge point and combine point locations on certain cross profile of computational domain by correlating them with jet spacing and jet pressure ratio. The jet spacing plays an important role in jets interaction, and jet interaction decreases with the increase in jet spacing. The jets interaction in terms of merge (combine) point and pressure varies significantly while the jet spacing differs. Additionally, as pressure ratio increases, the effect of jet interaction decreases, and the merge (combine) point location moves downstream.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/7935101
spellingShingle Xie Zheng
Xie Jian
Jiang Wei
Du Wenzheng
Numerical and Experimental Investigation of Near-Field Mixing in Parallel Dual Round Jets
International Journal of Aerospace Engineering
title Numerical and Experimental Investigation of Near-Field Mixing in Parallel Dual Round Jets
title_full Numerical and Experimental Investigation of Near-Field Mixing in Parallel Dual Round Jets
title_fullStr Numerical and Experimental Investigation of Near-Field Mixing in Parallel Dual Round Jets
title_full_unstemmed Numerical and Experimental Investigation of Near-Field Mixing in Parallel Dual Round Jets
title_short Numerical and Experimental Investigation of Near-Field Mixing in Parallel Dual Round Jets
title_sort numerical and experimental investigation of near field mixing in parallel dual round jets
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/7935101
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