Large-eddy simulation of three-dimensional vortical structures for an impinging transverse jet in the near region
Journal article, 2007

The three-dimensional vortical structures for an impinging transverse jet in the near region were numerically investigated by means of Large-Eddy Simulation (LES). The LES results reproduced the skewed jet shear layer vortices close to the jet nozzle and the scarf vortex in the near-wall zone, in good agreement with the experimental observations. Different vortical modes in the skewed jet shear layer close to the jet nozzle were identified depending upon the velocity ratio between jet and crossflow, namely changing from an approximately axisymmetric mode to a helical one with the velocity ratios varying from 20 to 8. Moreover, the scarf vortex wrapped around the impinging jet in the near-wall zone showed distinct asymmetry with regard to its bilateral spiral legs within the near region. And the entrainment of the ambient crossflow fluids by the scarf vortex in the near-wall zone was appreciably influenced by its asymmetry and in a large part occurred on the surface of the spiral roller structures in the course of spreading downstream.

Large-Eddy Simulation (LES)

crossflow

vortical

structure

entrainment

impinging jet

Author

Jing-yu Fan

Shanghai University

Yan Zhang

Chalmers, Applied Mechanics, Material and Computational Mechanics

D. Z. Wang

Shanghai University

Shuidonglixue Yanjiu yu Jinzhan / Journal of Hydrodynamics Ser. A

1000-4874 (ISSN)

Vol. 19 3 314-321

Subject Categories

Mechanical Engineering

DOI

10.1016/s1001-6058(07)60064-x

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10/7/2017