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Wall Jet Similarity of Impinging Planar Underexpanded Jets

Fluid Dynamics 2019-09-19 v4

Abstract

Velocity profiles and wall shear stress values in the wall jet region of planar underexpanded impinging jets are parameterized based on nozzle parameters (stand-off height, jet hydraulic diameter, and nozzle pressure ratio). Computational fluid dynamics is used to calculate the velocity fields of impinging jets with height-to-diameter ratios in the range of 15 to 30 and nozzle pressure ratio in the range of 1.2 to 3.0. The wall jet has an incomplete self-similar profile with a typical triple-layer structure as in traditional wall jets. The effects of compressibility are found to be insignificant for wall jets with Ma<0.8. Wall jet analysis yielded power-law relationships with source dependent coefficients describing maximum velocity, friction velocity, and wall distances for maximum and half-maximum velocities. Source dependency is determined using the conjugate gradient method. These power-law relationships can be used for the mapping of wall shear stress as a function of nozzle parameters.

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@article{arxiv.1812.11220,
  title  = {Wall Jet Similarity of Impinging Planar Underexpanded Jets},
  author = {Patrick Fillingham and Igor Novosselov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1812.11220},
  year   = {2019}
}

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19 pages, 15 Figures. submitted to International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow