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    AIAA-86-0280

    Investigation of the Interacting Flow

    of Non-Symmetric Jets in Cross Flow

    J. M.

    Wu, A .

    D.

    Vakili and F.M. Yu

    Univ.

    of

    Tennessee

    Space

    Institute

    Tullahoma,

    T N

    AIAA 24th Aerospace Sciences Meeting

    January 6 9, 1986/Reno, Nevada

    02-01 15-012-8 6

    -

    For Permission to CODY or republish. contact the American Institute

    of

    Aeronautics and Astronautics

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    1633 Broadway New York.

    NY

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    INVESTIGATION OF THE

    INTERACTING FLOW

    O F NON-SYMMETRIC

    JETS IN

    CROSS FLOWt

    J . M. Wu*

    ,

    A.

    D.

    Vakili**, and F. M.

    Yu***

    The University of Tennessee Space Institute

    Tullahoma, Tennessee

    37388

    w

    Abst,ract

    Asymmetric jets

    in

    cross-flow provide interesting The motivation of t,his study reported herein

    interacting flow fields which contain many vortices. stems

    from our previous

    inve8tigation(2)

    of

    using dis.

    These vortices vary significantly with variations of the jets blowing

    fro,,,

    the

    wing

    tip

    for improving

    jet and the cross flow

    and under

    certa in specific condi- the wing

    aerodynamic performance.

    When discrete

    tions shedding vortices appear

    and

    disappear period- jets were applied at

    a

    wing tip

    on

    a rectangular wing,

    ically. Four different cross section geometry je ts were it in lift improvements with small

    studied and compared with a circular cross section jet

    j,. blowing momentum coefficients. It was

    with the same jet port exit area. Various flow visual- that the entire

    wing

    circulation has

    been

    altcrcd(3),

    ization techniques were used to aid in understanding This

    was

    evidently

    the

    result

    of

    interaction

    of flow

    of

    the highly three dimensional and complex

    flow

    field.

    around

    the wing with the

    wing

    tip jets. The wing tip

    Among m w orms

    of

    secondary vortices produced jets were blown from rectangular exit cross sections

    four major vortices were identified in general. The

    (Figure

    I) ,

    and therefore were believed to be essen-

    most notable and interesting kind was the spin-off tial for understanding the whole flow ficld of

    t h e

    wing

    vortices observed previously in our study of discrete tip jet.s. The major axis

    of

    recta npla r jet port was

    je ts blowing from a wing tip . These shedding vortices placed parallel

    to

    the wing chord line, SO that. the in-

    were formed under certain flow conditions

    and

    jet ori-

    dividual jet ports inclined to the local

    oncoming

    entations. The shedding vortices were nearly parallel

    free

    strealll

    f low as

    shown in pigure

    1.

    verious

    pccu.

    to the jet exit axis with periodicity depending on the

    1iarly behaving atixiliary vortices were obscrved (Fig-

    jet to the free stream velocity ratio.

    A

    reconstruction

    2 ) .

    It was suspected that the noll.symmetric jet

    of

    the asymmetric flow field based on observations

    in

    cross f low

    by yawing a

    symrnctric lon-

    and

    its evolution

    and

    relationship with established

    gated jet port, caused these vortices. Consequently,

    symmetric jet in cross flow were made. Unsteady jet s the study was under taken to investigate

    the

    flow ficld

    created by pulsation

    of

    the jet flow at low pulsation

    of jets in uniform

    crossflow

    frequencies behaved significantly differently

    than

    the

    steady jets.

    I.

    Introduction

    -

    Undoubtedly such asymmet,ric

    flow

    fields may he

    encountered in many actunl occurrences in the nature

    or in the engineering applications. As

    a

    simplest

    ex

    ample one

    may

    think of

    a

    situat ion for

    a

    vertical jet

    ta ke of f aircmft with the jet hlown from non-circular

    jet.

    ports (say rectangilar) cnrountering a

    cross

    wind

    which is not aligned

    to

    rithrr of their major axes.

    With the courtesy of Prof. G . Carrier of

    Harvard

    University, we obtained a photograph showing an oil

    rig which

    caught

    fire in a

    strong

    wind

    over

    the occan.

    Another example t.hat ocrur rcd in nature, can bc seen

    in Fignrc.

    3.

    Judging hy the si x of a nearby ship,

    t h e

    Reynolds nunil)cr involvrd in this

    pho t o ) case

    must

    be

    very

    large.

    Thr

    jet

    (smokc) plumc

    with cross wind

    induccd many vortices which

    arc very similar

    to what

    wc

    have

    o1)scrvcd

    in the water tunnel cxpcrimrnt,s on

    asymnictric jets (see typical flow ficld shown in Figure

    4 .

    Thrrrforc , thr phenomenon

    oliservcd

    in this

    study

    is not only limited to modaratcly small R.cynolds mini-

    hw as

    apparent.

    Jets

    in

    a

    flow are of practical

    interest

    to

    many engineering fields. From the VSTOL aircraft

    in

    a transition flight

    to

    the waste disposal into water

    bodies

    or to the

    atmosphere,

    the

    characteristics of jets

    in

    cross

    flow play a dominating

    role.

    Consequently, a

    large volume of literature have been devoted to this

    topic and many basic

    out

    in

    the past (see for instance, a survey by Rajaratnam()

    in

    1916 and subsequently

    many papers

    scattered

    in

    various

    journals),

    In

    spite

    of extensive

    investi-

    gations on t,he subject of je ts in cross

    f low,

    recently we

    have encountered a problem which has not received

    proper attention anywhere, to our knowledge.

    have heen

    t

    This paper describes partial results.

    Work supported by AFOSR, Grant

    84-0114

    with

    Dr.

    James

    D.

    Wilson, technical monitor

    is gratefully acknowledged. Thcre

    have

    been many investigations performrd

    on circular jets in rross flow and limited studies on

    I. /

    Associate Fellow, AIAA rcctanbalar jets oriented syminctrically aligned with

    oncoming flow 4-8). Vortiws shedding from

    such

    flow phcrionirna haw bccn shtdicd iii dcttiil in tlu,

    B . H.

    Goethert Professor Director,

    Senior Research Engineer, Member, AIAA

    Graduate Research Assistant, Member, AIAA

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    past. Some are also relevant to the present asym-

    metric jet s tudy. Moreover, the Karman vortices and

    wake instability of How over

    a

    cylinder

    or

    bluff-bodies

    are relevant to the problem. These are discussed

    where appropriate in this paper.

    The present study concentrates

    on

    the detail fea-

    tures associated with the non-symmetric jets in cross

    flow and which could be enhanced by proper geomet-

    rical modification

    or

    introduction

    of

    periodic rxcita-

    tions, to aid the wing

    tip

    jet flow interaction effects.

    11.

    Experimental Description

    At the onset, the basic goal of

    this

    study

    was

    to

    understand basic flow phenomenon which may lead

    to design jet shapes whose flow field would resemble

    some of the key flow features observed in the wing

    tip jet How study as described in the introduction. In

    order to avoid added complexities of the near wing

    tip flow field, the problem has been simplified to non-

    symmetric jets blown perpendicularly from a f l t p la te

    into uniform cross flow.

    Five jet ports with different geometry cross sec-

    tions but with equivalent cross sectional

    area

    were

    designed

    and

    manufactured. Figure

    5

    shows the di-

    mensions and coordinates

    for

    these jet ports. These

    five shapes are numbered and named for ease of refer-

    ence. Number one jet which is the circular jet, is the

    basic reference geometry.

    A

    large number of studies

    and measurements are available

    for

    the circular jet in

    cross

    flow

    hence it

    is

    naturally a good geometry to be

    used for comparison with observations on the other

    four jets.

    Each jet was installed on the water tunnel floor to

    a modular common base extending into the tunnel 1.9

    em

    (0.75

    in) where the jet exit was flush mounted onto

    a boundary layer split ter plate. The splitter plate

    was 150 cm (60 in) long and

    was

    extended 19 cm

    (7.5 in.) upstream of the jet port center to allow for

    the development of the flat plate laminar boundary

    layer. The modular components mechanism allowed

    adjustments to be made in the orientation of various

    jets only in the plane of jet exit with respect to the

    uniform cross flow. Therefore, the je ts were always

    perpendicular to their exit plane

    or

    the tunnel Roar,

    but could be easily rotated to create yaw angles of

    = 0

    to

    180

    Figure 5b.

    The UTSI water tunnel is a closed circuit, con-

    tinuous flow facility especially designed for low turbu-

    lence and high quality

    How

    visualization. The tunnel

    lies

    in a

    horizontal plane and is powered by a twin

    bladed propeller in the return log of the tunnrl cir-

    cuit. The tunnel free stream speed is varied from 1.5

    cm/sec. to 60 cmlsec by changing the propeller rota-

    tional speed. The Reynolds number based on the jet

    Two types of flow visualization techniques have

    bcrn used to extract maximum information from the

    How

    field. The first

    is

    by using regular milk and dye

    tcchuique. Dye wa s a mixture of alcohol, milk, and

    commercial food coloring in such a way to ensure spe-

    cific gravity equivalent to water. The second typc

    is the laser induced fluorescence technique. Three

    chemicals were used: Rhodamine 6G hodamine B

    and Fluorescein Sodium Salt. Once dissolved in water

    and under the excitation of laser light; yellow, red and

    green fluorescent colors were made visible. Dye was

    injected to the specific areas of the model at controlled

    rates desired for each dye exit port . Many distributed

    small dye exit ports were built into the plate and jets

    exit neighborhood

    so

    the dye could be introduced at

    the desired points

    on

    the surface. Small dye probes,

    capable of being positioned inside the How were also

    used to introduce dye at regions of Row which the

    surface dye was not carried to.

    diameter was in the range of 200 to

    500.

    Test section

    dimensions are 35.6 cm high, 45.7 cm wide and 150

    cm long (14

    in x

    18 in x 60 iu). The test section walls

    are made of Plexiglas for versatility in observing and

    photographing the How field. The experimental sewp

    is schematically shown in Figure 6.

    An Argon ion laser light source

    1

    to 2 watts

    power) was used for the laser fluorescence flow visu-

    alization. A 4mm cylindrical lens in front of the laser

    beam produced

    a

    plane laser light sheet. Rotat.ion

    of

    the cylindrical lens resulted in rotation of the light

    sheet plane. Combined translation and rotation

    of

    the

    light sheet plane provide visibility into the complete

    How field at any desired orientation. Frequently the

    dye for laser How visualization was introduced into

    the jet fluid itself. In this way

    it

    became possible to

    observe the jet Huid deformation directly, which

    was

    not visible otherwise. On the whole the two How vi-

    sualization techniques complemented each other for a

    complete observation of the details. The general ar-

    rangement of experimental set up is shown on Figure

    6and the coordinates system is shown on Figure 5b.

    In order to study different jet entrainment and

    intrract ion effects, the tunnel velocity and the area-

    averaged jet exit velocity was chosen such that the

    vrlority ratio was 1

    5 Q/V- 5

    7. For each jet the

    major axis of jet cxit model was adjusted and the rel-

    ative yaw angle was varied to study the vortical

    flow

    intrract ion effects. The pulsation

    of

    jet at frequencies

    between 1 Hz to 16 Hz were applied. An oscillating

    small rectanvilar in the wake of jet were also used to

    amplify the periodic vortical flow interaction effects.

    Various observations made and the resulting analysjs

    of th r How visualization study are discussed in the

    following sections.

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    111. Princiule Observations

    1. Jet Vortices

    Jets in uniform cross flow are acted on by the

    momentum of the cross stream from the point of exit

    until complete balance and alignment between the

    two flows are reached. Due to the bending curva-

    ture and pressure gradient generated, the jet. fluid

    with the entrained cross flow form two distinct vor-

    tices (secondary flows, called Prandtl s first kind

    ( 1).

    For a

    symmetric jet in

    a

    uniform cross stream these

    two vortices are symmetrically generated with the jet

    wake

    also

    being symmetric. These observations have

    been made in many studies as noted earlier.

    -

    If the jet forms a non-symmetric configuration

    with the cross flow, the resulting flow field around

    the jet and in the downstream is highly asymmetric,

    three-dimensional and usually unsteady. Various vor-

    tices arc formed and their interactions with the wake

    flow produces

    a

    highly complex flow field. The je t

    vortices, under this conditions are not symmetric and

    their st rength are different. Also, the je t fluid

    is

    acted

    on by the non-uniform cross flow momentum, hence

    the two jet vortices follow

    two

    different trajectories.

    All

    these, introduce

    a

    significantly different flow field

    compared to the symmetric jets.

    By introducing colored dye from appropriat,e

    lo-

    cations near the jet exit, it is possible to make the

    major vortex cores visible. These traces also corre-

    spond to their mean trajectories. A typical illuistra-

    tion of these major vortex trajectories can be seen in

    Figure

    7.

    This side view photo

    wa s

    taken with mod-

    erately high jet to free stream velocity ratio of

    3.70

    with

    a

    short tear

    drop

    shape jet port (model

    4

    yawing

    at

    p

    = 30

    relative to oncoming free stream. Three

    distinct major vortex systems could be identified

    un-

    der the above

    flow

    and the jet orientation conditions.

    The most penetrated wind side jet-vortex appeared

    to be the strongest one, and usually less visible in the

    down-stream with regular dye due

    to

    stronger entrain-

    ment of the cross flow and local higher turbulence

    level, (with the laser-fluorescence flow visualization,

    this vortex flow became very distinct , however).

    -

    If

    the jet to free stream velocity ratio was de-

    creased all three vortices were lying closer to the

    flat

    plate and less distinguishable

    as

    they were closer,

    weaker and nearly merged together. Once the yawing

    angle

    @

    was decreased the jet-vortices represented by

    the upper two trajectories followed similar path and

    appeared to coincide from the side view. This was ex-

    pected

    as

    the jet-vortices appeared to be almost sym-

    metric for decreasingly yaw angle 8 .

    For

    increased

    jet to free stream velocity ratio the jet-vortices reprc-

    sented by the upper two trajectories penetrated fur-

    ther away into the free stream. At the mean time, it

    -

    appeared that an additional pair of less distinct vor-

    tices also were formed from the jet exit to join the

    major stronger wind sidc jet -vortex flow. In other

    words, there is a possibility of forming more major

    vortex systems with higher velocity asymnictric jei in

    cross

    flow. This

    is

    yet to

    be

    confirmed with furthcr

    study.

    Surface

    flow

    pattern in the downstrcam of the

    teardrop shape jet (model

    3) is

    shown in

    a

    top view

    photograph. in Figure

    8.

    Even though the jet is is-

    sued perpendicnlar to t,he surface, the surfacc wakc

    is dominated by the non-uniform entrainment hence

    non-symmetric. The surface shear stress lines, visual-

    ized by placing

    dye

    upstream on the plate around the

    jet, are

    used

    to help thc intespretation of flow

    field

    near the flat pla te surface. The flow field near the

    plate rescmhles that

    of

    a wing at an incidcnce to

    a

    uniform Row

    Figure

    9

    shows the duvelopmcnt

    of

    jet-vortices for

    a

    tcar-drop shape jet (model

    3)

    at various downstream

    distances. These photos arc taken in a planr inclined

    5 O

    toward the oncoming flow using laser fliiorcscencc

    flow visualization technique. This figure shows how

    the jet fluid

    is

    deforming into the jet-vortices and

    demonstrates the formation of a wake-vortex near the

    flat plate surface.

    Based on evidence described above, the explana-

    tion of how the flow developed from a symmct.ric jet

    to a non-symmetric jet in cross flow is given in Figure

    10. With the aid of an imaginary plane ( A ) , a pair of

    jet-vortices and a pair of wake-vortices can bc seen. If

    the jet

    is

    symmetric, these two pair of vortices would

    bc symmetric

    as

    schcniatically illustrated in Figure

    loa. With

    a

    lion-symmetric jet yawed to oncoming

    flow,

    on the

    same

    plane

    ( A ) ,

    thc wind side jet-vortex

    moves away from the base plate

    and

    the lee sidc jet-

    vortex moves closer

    t,o

    thc platc which would result in

    enhancing the Ice sidc wake-vortex and degmrrating

    the wind side wake-vortex as shown in Figure lob.

    The pair of wake-vort.ices arc the product.

    of

    induced

    flow

    by the countrr rotating jet vortices near the plate

    (it is not shown here but our laser-fluorescence pho-

    tos have clearly shown this wakc vortices formation).

    Figure 10 explains thc sense of rotat ion for the wakc-

    vortex being the wind side jct-vortcx. Notc herc that

    the shearing to the jet fluid would

    be

    quite differmt

    on the wind and thc lee sides. This explains why thcrc

    are three distinct vorticcs in the flow

    field of

    Fibwre

    7.

    For

    a tear drop shape cross section jet posi-

    tioned in thr

    cross

    flow, with the narrow

    end

    forward

    p = 180 ),

    the observed

    How

    field is shown in Fig-

    ure 11. Undcr cross

    flow

    shearing cffcct o n the jct

    in a symmrtrical manner there arc vorticcs forming

    arouiid it and shcd from thc jet trailing cnrl in an

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    alternating bu t symmetric manner. Figure

    11

    shows

    cross sections of jet

    flow

    developing,

    in

    parallel planes

    at 45O to the

    Rat

    plate, after the jet exit into the

    downstream.

    1.1 Unsteadv Jet Vortices

    The existence of periodicity in the Row behind

    jets

    in

    cross flow has been reported by many investi-

    gators before, for instance, Gordier

    ( l o ) .

    McAllister

    I1)

    related the shedding frequencies of vortices due to

    cross

    Row

    and

    a

    circular jet with the Struhal number

    based

    on

    the jet diameter. Reilly 4 dentified two

    eddy groups shed periodically from different regions

    of

    the jet.

    In

    the present non-symmetric jet study it was

    found that under certain Row conditions especially

    at higher jet to free stream velocity ratios, periodic

    shedding vortices were observed

    in

    the downstream of

    asymmetric jet s in the cross Row (Figure 12). These

    periodic vortices were initiated

    on

    the jet wind side

    through shearing generated at the interface between

    the jet Row and the uniform cross Row.

    These types

    of

    periodic vortices were observed

    primarily for the jet models

    2,3

    and

    4

    at relative yaw

    orientatioqof

    O

    to

    30

    o the tunnel free stream and

    wi th

    the jet t o the tunnel velocity ratios of higher than

    three

    ( q / V m

    > 3).

    Figure

    12

    shows two typical pho-

    tographs of the flow containing the periodic vortices.

    We have labeled these

    as

    spin-offn vortices, this ter-

    minology was borrowed from our wing tip work

    (2,3),

    and is due to the similarities between these vortices

    and the spin-off vortices observed there. The spin-off

    vortices shared

    a

    common root, with their other ends

    entrained into the steady je t vortices. The strength

    and shedding frequency

    of

    these spin-off vortices ap-

    peared to increase with the je t velocity or its velocity

    ratio

    V;./V=.

    Boldman et al

    ( 1 3 )

    studied two dimensional vor-

    tices shedding from

    a Rat

    plate blunt trailing edge

    with equal

    and

    unequal velocities applied

    on

    both

    sides of the plate. They found that symmetric

    and

    al-

    ternating Karman vortices appeared in t he wake with

    equal velocities applied as is expected. Howevrr, by

    decreasing the velocity only

    on

    one side of the plate,

    it resulted

    in

    degenerating the strength

    on

    that side of

    vortices. And in the limit it was possible to eliminate

    completely that side of vortices altogether.

    This analysis could be used to explain the result

    of present observation of the spin-off vortices shed-

    ding from the

    wind

    side

    of

    jet only and with the same

    sense of rotation. Referring to Figure 10, one would

    expect

    a

    higher shear

    on

    the wind side

    of

    jet surface

    than

    on

    the lee side. This would be more profound

    with moderately increasing the jet velocity and with

    a moderately yawing angle

    p

    which would provide a

    larger shearing surface. The shedding frequency ap-

    peared related to the jet velocity to the free stream

    velocity ratio and the jet orientation. In the lee side

    of t he je ts ce rtain periodicity

    was

    present

    in

    the sep-

    arated Row which was either coupled with the vor-

    tices and the shedding frequencies or was influenced

    by it, since the frequency of the wake unsteadiness

    and shedding were the same.

    W

    Typical common root of the spin off vortices is

    shown in the various figures, we named this as the

    jet wake-vortex in the previous subsection. Both

    laser-fluorescence and the regular dye indicated the

    jet wake-vortex was ini tia ted from the lee side of the

    jet and developed parallel to the jet vortices bu t close

    to

    the Rat

    plate . The wake-vortex

    wa s

    visible for mod-

    erate to higher jet Row rates only

    for

    non-symmetric

    jet configurations.

    When spin-off vortices were present, they ap-

    peared to roll around each other and the wake-

    vortex.

    It

    should be noted here that many investi-

    gators

    14-1)

    have observed also similar

    rolling

    up

    vortices in observation of the wake

    Row

    structure be-

    hind

    a

    cylinder with its axis perpendicular to a flat

    plate in uniform cross flow.

    In

    Tanedas observation

    ti4 ,

    he explained tha t vortices from the end of a cylin-

    der muat rotate

    in

    alternating sense a nd connected

    to

    symmetrical s trength yet alternatively shedding Kar-

    man vortices behind the cylinder.

    In

    our present ob-

    servation, the wake-vortex bundled with spin-off vor-

    tices were always rotating in the same sense as that

    of

    the wind side jet-vortex flow. Figure

    13

    shows a

    schematic

    of

    various features of the asymmetric Row

    field.

    To

    clarify the relationship between unsteadiness

    in the j et wake and the spin-off vortices, artificial

    pe-

    riodic perturbations of various frequencies were

    pro-

    duced in the lee side of the jets.

    As

    a result of the

    added periodicity, vortices very similar to spin-off vor-

    tices were shed for asymmetric jets and for frequen-

    cies corresponding to the

    wake

    fluctuations. Figure

    14

    shows two flow fields, indicating the difference due

    to the added perturbations. The perturbations were

    created by oscillating

    in

    an angular manner, a cylin-

    drical rod

    at

    the tip of which a small

    Rat

    plate

    wa s

    installed. The 6mm by 4mm rectangular

    fin

    was po-

    sitioned at the t,ip of the 3mm diameter rod and its

    presence in the wake, while not being rotated,

    did

    not

    influence the flow considerably.

    2 .

    Pulsating Jet

    In

    order to investigate the effect of jet Row pe-

    riodicity on the resulting Row field and especialiy

    on

    the various vortices in the down stream, pulsation was

    applied to the jet Row. A frequency generator and a

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    solenoid valve were used t o introduce pulsation in the

    jet. That

    is,

    the continuous jet

    wa s

    replaced by a

    pe-

    riodically blown je t. The circular jet (model l ) and

    the tear drop jet shape (model

    3)

    were subjected to

    v

    variable frequency pulsations.

    At low frequencies,

    1 Hz

    to 4

    Hz,

    the jet pene-

    tration into the cross flow significantly increased for

    both models 1 and

    3.

    Vortex rings were produced

    by the pulsation

    at

    1

    HZ

    which actually impinged

    on

    the tunne l top wall. The vortex rings were symmetric

    for the circular jet but they had a complicated shape

    for the tear drop shape model 3. The vortex rings of

    this model were also rotating around the axis of the

    jet along which they were moving into the cross flow.

    The increased penetration of the jet is believed to

    be due

    to

    the increased momentum in the jet pulses,

    since the mean flow rate

    was

    maintained constant.

    As the frequency of the pulsation increased, grad-

    ually the flow field returned to the normal pattern

    with not much difference from that of the steady jet

    including its penetration height. At low pulsation fre-

    quencies, spin-off vortices were not observed for the

    tear-drop shape jet. But, they reappeared as the fre-

    quency of pulsation increased beyond

    16

    Hz. A qual-

    itative representation of the jet plume center trajec-

    tory is shown in Figure 15.

    3.

    Swirline: Je t

    Two different techniques were used to introduce

    swirl into the jets. First, th e flow was rotated in the

    plenum chamber prior to the jet exit. This technique

    was not very successful. Second, turning vane was

    placed inside the jet just before the exit plane. The

    flow following the vane would turn by itself. In both

    cases the turbulence level of the jets were increased

    considerably. This was evidenced from the rapid mix-

    ing

    of

    the dye in the flow and made observation dif-

    ficult. Introduction of swirl in the jet was found to

    reduce the effective jet velocity to the free stream ve-

    locity ratio.

    The second technique, noted above, probably

    produced more swirl and showed to be more effec-

    tive for the circular jet model

    1.

    Due to the swirl in

    the jet, the flow of circular jet was not symmetric any

    more. However, its extent of asymmetricity was not

    as

    strong as altering the jet port shape and jet

    flow

    as observed earlier.

    IV. Concludina Remarks

    The flow field of jets in cross flow of four differ-

    ent cross section geometry jets have been studied and

    compared with that of a circular cross section jet.

    The jets had equal cross section areas but different

    geometries. This qualitative study was conducted in

    a water tunnel for detail flow field visualization. The

    flow around asymmetric jets in cross flow is

    of

    a very

    complex nature and contained many features which

    were significantly different than that

    of

    symmetric jets

    in cross How. The How field has been reconstructed

    schematirally with explanation given.

    Periodic vortic.es were observed perpendicular to

    the cross flow, these were called spin-off vortices.

    Spin-off vortices were only observed for asymmetric

    jets and appeared only at jet velocity to the free

    stream velocity ratios usually higher than

    2 .5

    or 3

    and

    depending

    on

    jet port shape and orientation.

    Perturbations introduced in the wake of asym-

    metric jets produced the spin-off vortices artificially,

    only when

    the

    frequency of the perturbations matched

    the separated wake

    How

    fluctuations. The amplitude

    of the natural fluctuations was no t sufficiently large

    enough to cause the vorticity created due to shearing

    between the jet and the cross flow to shed under such

    situation.

    A wake-vortex was observed

    for

    asymmctric j ets

    which was lying parallel and close to the floor plate.

    Onre

    the spin-off vortices were present they became

    twisted and linked near the Hat plate and wrap around

    the wake-vortex.

    Low frequency of the jet flow resulted in forma-

    tion of vortex rings which penetrated into the main

    flow more than the jet for high pulsation frequencies.

    Under this condition no spin-off vortices could be pro-

    duced. At higher pulsation frequencies (f

    >

    lGHz ,

    the flow fields were similar to tha t of the steady jets

    with

    increased mixing present

    at

    the jets boundary.

    Introduction

    of

    swirl in

    the

    jet

    flows

    was

    found

    to

    in-

    crease thc jet turbulcnce and to reduce the cffective

    jet velocity to the free stream velocity ratio.

    There appears to be quik somc similarities

    be-

    tween

    j e t

    flows and thc flow around asymmetric cylin-

    drical bodies in uniform cross How (Ref. 17) . The

    presence

    and

    the identification of these f low features

    is considered to be a first step toward their full nn-

    dcrstandiug,utilieation,

    cnhmcemcnt

    or

    suppression

    of selected desired vortices in many fluid mechanics

    situations.

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    Main Flow /

    P

    .

    . ..

    .

    R

    a)

    Peri .odic sp in -o ff vortices

    w i t h

    w i n g

    t i p j e t blo,wi.og.

    I:i:;nre 4 .

    Nnn-symmetric

    j 6 . t i n

    CI-oss

    f low

    o c present s t u d y .

    Figure 2 . Wake

    f l ow

    f i e l d

    w i t h

    jet

    blowing.

    ..l

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    0.188

    Model

    1

    Model

    2

    0.125

    0.732

    Model

    3

    Model

    4

    ==- - -pa.

    109

    1.710

    Model

    5

    A l l

    d ime n sion i n i n c h e s

    a ) Geometry

    of f i v e

    j e t e x i t m od el s.

    TUNNEL FLOW

    (b) Coordinates and yawing angle B .

    Figure

    5 .

    Schematic of experimental

    arrangement.

    L as er l i g h t s h ee t

    .----

    J et i n l e t

    F ig u r e

    6.

    The a r rangement o f Laser induce d

    f l u o r e s c e n t f l o w v i s u a l i z a t i o n

    w

    F i g u r e

    7 .

    Flow in the downstream o f

    t h e

    i v t

    model

    4

    i n d i c a t i n g

    agious

    s teady

    v ~ r t i c e s ; j / Vm=3. 7 B=30 , Re =240 .

    d

    I iwre 8.

    Surface dye

    f l o w

    pattern arotmd

    i c l

    model

    3;

    V. / V

    =

    9 . 0 ,

    B

    =

    31,

    Ked = 240

    .

    o f s e c t i o n a l v i e w

    o f

    j e t p lu me

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    Figure

    9 .

    Tile s e c t i o n a l

    view

    o r

    tire

    e v o l u t i o n o f j e t stream

    i n c r os s f low

    on 45 i n c l i n e d p la n e s a t d i s c r e t e

    downstream s t a t i o n s ;

    V . /V _

    = 2.0,

    fl =

    ? O n ,

    Red =

    4 7 0 ( mdei

    3.

    I

    Counte r rotating j e t v o r t i c e s

    OQ /A)

    / / / /

    (a) Ver t i ca l . sectional

    view

    of c i r c u l a r

    j e t i n c r o s s f l o w

    Lee

    side

    Major shearing

    surface producir,l :

    sp i n - u

    f f

    Degenerated

    O @