Characterization of Receptivity in Jet Flow Control

Abstract

This report describes a combined experimental and computational investigation of the receptivity of incompressible and compressible jets to acoustic and fluidic perturbations. Receptivity is the mechanism by which external disturbances transfer energy to instabilities in the flow. The focus of this research is characterizing jet receptivity for a broad range of actuator and flow parameters. The numerical computations explore the influence of forcing amplitude, combined harmonic and steady blowing, actuator location, Mach number, and temperature ratio. Experimental investigations compare the effectiveness of various types of actuators and document the flow response to high amplitude forcing by a periodic fluidic actuator.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 31, 1997
Accession Number
ADA332805

Entities

People

  • A. B. Cain
  • C. N. Vaporean
  • D. E. Parekh

Organizations

  • McDonnell Douglas

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Actuators
  • Air Force
  • Boundary Layer
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Computations
  • Flow
  • Flow Visualization
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Flow
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Hypervelocity Flow
  • Jet Flow
  • Mach Number
  • Measurement
  • Reynolds Number
  • Turbulent Mixing

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.