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Oscillations of a Turbulent Jet Incident Upon an Edge.


DE2004821367

Publication Date 2000
Personal Author Lin, J. C.; Rockwell, D.
Page Count 70
Abstract For the case of a jet originating from a fully turbulent channel flow and impinging upon a sharp edge, the possible onset and nature of coherent oscillations has remained unexplored. In this investigation, high-image-density particle image velocimetry and surface pressure measurements are employed to determine the instantaneous, whole-field characteristics of the turbulent jet-edge interaction in relation to the loading of the edge. It is demonstrated that even in absence of acoustic resonant or fluid-elastic effects, highly coherent, self-sustained oscillations rapidly emerge above the turbulent background. Two clearly identifiable modes of instability are evident. These modes involve large-scale vortices that are phase-locked to the gross undulations of the jet and its interaction with the edge, and small-scale vortices, which are not phase-locked. Time-resolved imaging of instantaneous vorticity and velocity reveals the form, orientation, and strength of the large-scale concentrations of vorticity approaching the edge in relation to rapid agglomeration of small-scale vorticity concentrations. Such vorticity field-edge interactions exhibit rich complexity, relative to the simplified pattern of vortex-edge interaction traditionally employed for the quasi-laminar edgetone. Furthermore, these interactions yield highly nonlinear surface pressure signatures. The origin of this nonlinearity, involving coexistence of multiple frequency components, is interpreted in terms of large- and small-scale vortices embedded in distributed vorticity layers at the edge. Eruption of the surface boundary layer on the edge due to passage of the large-scale vortex does not occur; rather apparent secondary vorticity concentrations are simply due to distension of the oppositely-signed vorticity layer at the tip of the edge. The ensemble-averaged turbulent statistics of the jet quickly take on an identity that is distinct from the statistics of the turbulent boundary layer in the channel. Large increases in Reynolds stress occur due to onset of the small-scale concentrations of vorticity immediately downstream of separation; substantial increases at locations further downstream arise from development of the large-scale vorticity concentrations.
Keywords
  • Oscillations
  • Turbulent flow
  • Vorticity
  • Instability
  • Jet flow
  • Vortices
  • Velocity
  • Interactions
  • Boundary layer separation
  • Measurements
  • Laminar flow
  • Jet edge interactions
Source Agency
  • Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors Lehigh Univ., Bethlehem, PA. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number 200415
Oscillations of a Turbulent Jet Incident Upon an Edge.
Oscillations of a Turbulent Jet Incident Upon an Edge.
DE2004821367

  • Oscillations
  • Turbulent flow
  • Vorticity
  • Instability
  • Jet flow
  • Vortices
  • Velocity
  • Interactions
  • Boundary layer separation
  • Measurements
  • Laminar flow
  • Jet edge interactions
  • Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
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