Investigation of Non-Symmetric Jets in Cross Flow (Discrete Wing Tip Jet Effects).

Abstract

Asymmetric jets in cross flow provide complex interacting flow fields which contain many vortices. Four different cross section geometries were studied and compared with a circular cross section jet with the same exit area. Various flow visualization techniques were used and four major vortices were identified. Keywords: Jet flow; Vortex shedding; Discrete jets; Wing tips.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1986
Accession Number
ADA179783

Entities

People

  • A. D. Vakili
  • F. M. Yu
  • Jingen Wu

Organizations

  • University of Tennessee Space Institute

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Flow Fields
  • Flow Visualization
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Flow
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Free Stream
  • Geometry
  • Hydrodynamics
  • Jet Flow
  • Laser Induced Fluorescence
  • Lasers
  • Measurement
  • Reynolds Number
  • Three Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.