Tunnel Flow Breakdown from Inclined Jets

Abstract

The document is concerned with surface flow stagnation arising from the deflection upstream of impinging jet flow from circular nozzles directed at an angle to the mainstream. The presence of two clearly defined stagnation regions implies the existence of a stable horseshoe vortex system with corresponding modification of the tunnel flow. Correlation is made for incipient stagnation, providing, at each angle an ultimate limit for vortex formation, i.e, for tunnel flow breakdown. Two additional jet configurations were assessed in a similar manner. These involved a jet-pair (s/d = 4.3), in transverse and tandem alignment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0728167

Entities

People

  • R. A. Tyler
  • R. G. Williamson

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Coefficients
  • Diameters
  • Dynamic Pressure
  • Experimental Data
  • Extrapolation
  • Flow
  • Fluid Flow
  • Geometry
  • Jet Flaps
  • Jet Flow
  • Measurement
  • Short Takeoff Aircraft
  • Stagnation Point
  • Wind Tunnels

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.