TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of dual jets distance on mixing characteristics and flow path within a cavity in supersonic crossflow
AU - Ukai, Takahiro
AU - Zare-Behtash, Hossein
AU - Lo, Kin Hing
AU - Kontis, Konstantinos
AU - Obayashi, Shigeru
N1 - Funding Information:
The first author was supported by the Tohoku University Global COE Program for cooperative research with the laboratory under Professor K. Kontis. The authors are indebted to the technical and administrative staff of the School of MACE at The Manchester University, especially to Mr. Lee Paul for the manufacture of the models.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2014/12/1
Y1 - 2014/12/1
N2 - A rectangular open cavity with upstream dual injectors at a freestream Mach number of 1.9 was investigated experimentally. To evaluate the effect of the distance between the jets, the flow characteristics were investigated using the high-speed schlieren photography, particle image velocimetry, and surface oil flow techniques. The dual jet distances of 18 and 54. mm were used. Unstable flow occurs over the cavity in all cases and is not improved by changing the distance between the dual jets. Although the distance between the dual jets does not influence the flow stability, the flow field varies decidedly depending on the dual jets distance. The enhancement of air mixing depends on the distance between the jets. A long dual jets distance was found to yield better mixing characteristics within the cavity than a short one. When the jets are further apart, the mainstream between two counter-rotating vortex pairs behind the jets flows strongly into the cavity because of the increased blow-down occurring between the vortex pairs. Additionally, a counterflow with a low velocity magnitude occurs behind the jets. Hence, mixing is enhanced within the cavity by effects of the opposed flow. When the jet pairs are closer to each other, the counter-rotating vortex pairs are in contact; as a result, the blow-down effect does not occur between them. The flow drawn into the cavity from the mainstream is supplied from the sides of the test section into the cavity.
AB - A rectangular open cavity with upstream dual injectors at a freestream Mach number of 1.9 was investigated experimentally. To evaluate the effect of the distance between the jets, the flow characteristics were investigated using the high-speed schlieren photography, particle image velocimetry, and surface oil flow techniques. The dual jet distances of 18 and 54. mm were used. Unstable flow occurs over the cavity in all cases and is not improved by changing the distance between the dual jets. Although the distance between the dual jets does not influence the flow stability, the flow field varies decidedly depending on the dual jets distance. The enhancement of air mixing depends on the distance between the jets. A long dual jets distance was found to yield better mixing characteristics within the cavity than a short one. When the jets are further apart, the mainstream between two counter-rotating vortex pairs behind the jets flows strongly into the cavity because of the increased blow-down occurring between the vortex pairs. Additionally, a counterflow with a low velocity magnitude occurs behind the jets. Hence, mixing is enhanced within the cavity by effects of the opposed flow. When the jet pairs are closer to each other, the counter-rotating vortex pairs are in contact; as a result, the blow-down effect does not occur between them. The flow drawn into the cavity from the mainstream is supplied from the sides of the test section into the cavity.
KW - Cavity
KW - Flow path
KW - Mixing characteristics
KW - Scramjet
KW - Supersonic dual injections
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2014.08.009
DO - 10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2014.08.009
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85027936567
VL - 50
SP - 254
EP - 262
JO - Heat Fluid Flow
JF - Heat Fluid Flow
SN - 0142-727X
ER -