The present study experimentally investigated the near-field flow mixing characteristics of two turbulent jets issuing from equilateral triangular and circular orifice plates into effectively unbounded surroundings,re...The present study experimentally investigated the near-field flow mixing characteristics of two turbulent jets issuing from equilateral triangular and circular orifice plates into effectively unbounded surroundings,respectively.Planar particle image velocimetry(PIV) was applied to measure the velocity field at the same Reynolds number of Re=50,000,where Re = UeDe /with Ue being the exit bulk velocity and the kinematic viscosity of fluid,D e the equivalent diameters.The instantaneous velocity,mean velocity,Reynolds stresses were obtained.From the mean velocity field,the centreline velocity decay rate and half-velocity width were derived.Comparing the mixing characteristics of the two jets,it is found that the triangular jet has a faster mixing rate than the circular counterpart.The triangular jet entrainments with the ambient fluid at a higher rate in the near field.This is evidenced by a shorter unmixed core,faster Reynolds stress and centreline turbulence intensity growth.The primary coherent structures in the near field are found to break down more rapidly in the triangular jet as compared to the circular jet.Over the entire measurement region,the triangular jet maintained a higher rate of decay and spread.Moreover,all components of Reynolds stress of the triangular jet appear to reach their peaks earlier,and then decay more rapidly than those of the circular jet.In addition,the axis-switching phenomenon is observed in the triangular jet.展开更多
The equation of probability distribution function for mean fiber orientation,and the equations of Reynolds averaged NavierStokes,turbulence kinetic energy and turbulence dissipation rate with the additional term of th...The equation of probability distribution function for mean fiber orientation,and the equations of Reynolds averaged NavierStokes,turbulence kinetic energy and turbulence dissipation rate with the additional term of the fibers are derived and solved numerically.The effects of fiber concentration and fiber aspect-ratio on the mean velocity profile,turbulent kinetic energy and turbulent viscosity are analyzed.The results show that the mean axial velocity gradient increases near the centerline and decreases near the outside,respectively,as the fiber concentration increases.The mean axial velocity decreases with increasing the fiber concentration at the same radial positions.The centerline mean axial velocity decreases with axial distance,and this phenomenon is more obvious as the fiber concentration increases.The turbulent kinetic energy and turbulent viscosity increase over the jet region with an increasing fiber concentration.The variation tendency of mean axial velocity,turbulence kinetic energy and turbulence viscosity with fiber aspect-ratio is the same as that with fiber concentration.The difference is that the variation with fiber concentration is more obvious than with fiber aspect-ratio.展开更多
基金the support of the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Grant No. 3132013029)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 10921202 and11072005)
文摘The present study experimentally investigated the near-field flow mixing characteristics of two turbulent jets issuing from equilateral triangular and circular orifice plates into effectively unbounded surroundings,respectively.Planar particle image velocimetry(PIV) was applied to measure the velocity field at the same Reynolds number of Re=50,000,where Re = UeDe /with Ue being the exit bulk velocity and the kinematic viscosity of fluid,D e the equivalent diameters.The instantaneous velocity,mean velocity,Reynolds stresses were obtained.From the mean velocity field,the centreline velocity decay rate and half-velocity width were derived.Comparing the mixing characteristics of the two jets,it is found that the triangular jet has a faster mixing rate than the circular counterpart.The triangular jet entrainments with the ambient fluid at a higher rate in the near field.This is evidenced by a shorter unmixed core,faster Reynolds stress and centreline turbulence intensity growth.The primary coherent structures in the near field are found to break down more rapidly in the triangular jet as compared to the circular jet.Over the entire measurement region,the triangular jet maintained a higher rate of decay and spread.Moreover,all components of Reynolds stress of the triangular jet appear to reach their peaks earlier,and then decay more rapidly than those of the circular jet.In addition,the axis-switching phenomenon is observed in the triangular jet.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11132008)
文摘The equation of probability distribution function for mean fiber orientation,and the equations of Reynolds averaged NavierStokes,turbulence kinetic energy and turbulence dissipation rate with the additional term of the fibers are derived and solved numerically.The effects of fiber concentration and fiber aspect-ratio on the mean velocity profile,turbulent kinetic energy and turbulent viscosity are analyzed.The results show that the mean axial velocity gradient increases near the centerline and decreases near the outside,respectively,as the fiber concentration increases.The mean axial velocity decreases with increasing the fiber concentration at the same radial positions.The centerline mean axial velocity decreases with axial distance,and this phenomenon is more obvious as the fiber concentration increases.The turbulent kinetic energy and turbulent viscosity increase over the jet region with an increasing fiber concentration.The variation tendency of mean axial velocity,turbulence kinetic energy and turbulence viscosity with fiber aspect-ratio is the same as that with fiber concentration.The difference is that the variation with fiber concentration is more obvious than with fiber aspect-ratio.
