Experimental and Analytical Investigation of Near-Field Coaxial Mixing

Abstract

In the near field of coaxial jets, the structure of the flow field undergoes rapid changes as it evolves from the boundary layers at the nozzle exit, through a quasi-two-dimensional shear-layer region, to an axisymmetric jet flow. These rapid changes in flow structure have raised questions concerning the applicability of turbulent flow models in the near field, but few experimental results are available to test predictive techniques. In this report, the results of a series of experiments concerned with the near field of coaxial, nearly constant density, air-air jets are described. The experiments were carried out at an external stream velocity of 30.5 m/sec, and at nominal inner jet-to-outer jet velocity ratios of 3:1, 2:1, and 1:1.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA009149

Entities

People

  • D. E. Chriss
  • P. T. Harsha

Organizations

  • Arnold Engineering Development Complex

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Boltzmann Equation
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Engineering
  • Flow
  • Flow Fields
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Layers
  • Measurement
  • Mixing
  • Models
  • Skin Friction
  • Turbulent Flow
  • Turbulent Mixing
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.