Mean streamwise velocity measurements in a triple jet of equilateral triangular configuration
- Menoufia Univ. (Egypt). Coll. of Engineering
- IIT Kanpur (India). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
- IIT Kanpur (India). Dept. of Aerospace Engineering
Multijet flows arise in several applications such as jet engine/rocket combustors, the thrust augmenting ejectors for VTOL/STOL aircraft, and industrial gas burners. In order to achieve proper combustion, thrust development, and reduction in the noise level, it is often desirable to control the inter-mixing between the jets and also the entrainment of the surrounding atmosphere. This, in turn, requires a detailed study of the behavior of high speed jets in multijet configuration. The situation of interest here is an array of three axisymmetric nozzles set in a common end wall with equal spacing in a triangular configuration. The reason why this particular configuration has been chosen is that it promotes bending of the jet axes toward each other, thus leading to greater mixing. In the present study, experiments have been conducted to investigate the effect of stagnation pressure ratio and nozzle spacing upon the mean flow characteristic of compressible jets in triangular configuration. The individual flow features of the vertex jet and the base twin jet are analyzed and their contributions to the axis switching as well as the overall triple jet behavior are highlighted.
- OSTI ID:
- 5710352
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Fluids Engineering; (United States), Vol. 115:3; ISSN 0098-2202
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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