Experiment on the Flow Characteristics of Film Self-Excited Flapping Jet

A flexible film fixed at one end is installed at the exit of the jet nozzle. Under the condition of sufficient flow rate, the jet and the flexible film are mutually induced to produce self-excited flapping. Aiming at this phenomenon, a new self-excited flapping jet mixing technology was proposed. By...

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Main Authors: Xiao LIANG, Hao CHEN, Chuan-qing ZHU, Min-yi XU
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Published: China Astronautic Publishing CO., LTD. ; Editorial Office of Physics of Gases 2023-03-01
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Online Access:http://qtwl.xml-journal.net/cn/article/doi/10.19527/j.cnki.2096-1642.0980
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Hao CHEN
Chuan-qing ZHU
Min-yi XU
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Chuan-qing ZHU
Min-yi XU
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description A flexible film fixed at one end is installed at the exit of the jet nozzle. Under the condition of sufficient flow rate, the jet and the flexible film are mutually induced to produce self-excited flapping. Aiming at this phenomenon, a new self-excited flapping jet mixing technology was proposed. By means of a fluorinated ethylene propylene (FEP) film with fixed length L=(0.5~2)D and thickness δ=50 μm on a tapering nozzle with diameter D=40 mm, the pressure loss caused by smooth tapering nozzle and film flapping was measured using a pressure differential meter. The film motion was displayed and the flapping amplitude (A) was determined with a laser light source and a high-speed camera. The influences of film length and Reynolds number (Re) on A were investigated, where the measured flapping amplitude (A) and frequency (f) were used as the characteristic scales of Strouhal number (St=fA/Uo, Uo is jet exit velocity). Under Re=3×104, the distribution of the axial velocity along the jet centerline was measured at different film lengths by using hot-wire anemometer, and then the turbulence intensity, probability density function and other quantities were calculated and analyzed. Moreover, digital iterative filtering was used to obtain the integral, Taylor and Kolmogorov scales along the jet centerline. These experimental results show that the turbulence intensity in the flapping jet is higher than that in the free jet, which means that the former has a stronger large-scale entrainment capacity to the surrounding fluid. However, the turbulent characteristics of the flapping jet are different at a variety of film lengths. Within the film length range in the present experiment, the film with length L=1.25D performs best in jet mixing. By investigating the probability density function and its skewness factor (Su) and flat factor (Fu), it is found that compared with the free jet, the velocity distribution in the flapping jet approaches the Gaussian distribution much quicker, which means that the flapping jet not only enhances the large-scale entrainment, but also promotes the small-scale mixing.
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spelling doaj.art-de9d44e70eb5447287f035057ec155ba2023-11-10T06:18:43ZzhoChina Astronautic Publishing CO., LTD. ; Editorial Office of Physics of Gases气体物理2096-16422023-03-0182819010.19527/j.cnki.2096-1642.0980qtwl-8-2-81Experiment on the Flow Characteristics of Film Self-Excited Flapping JetXiao LIANG0Hao CHEN1Chuan-qing ZHU2Min-yi XU3College of Marine Engineering, Dalian Maritime University, Dalian 116026, ChinaCollege of Marine Engineering, Dalian Maritime University, Dalian 116026, ChinaCollege of Marine Engineering, Dalian Maritime University, Dalian 116026, ChinaCollege of Marine Engineering, Dalian Maritime University, Dalian 116026, ChinaA flexible film fixed at one end is installed at the exit of the jet nozzle. Under the condition of sufficient flow rate, the jet and the flexible film are mutually induced to produce self-excited flapping. Aiming at this phenomenon, a new self-excited flapping jet mixing technology was proposed. By means of a fluorinated ethylene propylene (FEP) film with fixed length L=(0.5~2)D and thickness δ=50 μm on a tapering nozzle with diameter D=40 mm, the pressure loss caused by smooth tapering nozzle and film flapping was measured using a pressure differential meter. The film motion was displayed and the flapping amplitude (A) was determined with a laser light source and a high-speed camera. The influences of film length and Reynolds number (Re) on A were investigated, where the measured flapping amplitude (A) and frequency (f) were used as the characteristic scales of Strouhal number (St=fA/Uo, Uo is jet exit velocity). Under Re=3×104, the distribution of the axial velocity along the jet centerline was measured at different film lengths by using hot-wire anemometer, and then the turbulence intensity, probability density function and other quantities were calculated and analyzed. Moreover, digital iterative filtering was used to obtain the integral, Taylor and Kolmogorov scales along the jet centerline. These experimental results show that the turbulence intensity in the flapping jet is higher than that in the free jet, which means that the former has a stronger large-scale entrainment capacity to the surrounding fluid. However, the turbulent characteristics of the flapping jet are different at a variety of film lengths. Within the film length range in the present experiment, the film with length L=1.25D performs best in jet mixing. By investigating the probability density function and its skewness factor (Su) and flat factor (Fu), it is found that compared with the free jet, the velocity distribution in the flapping jet approaches the Gaussian distribution much quicker, which means that the flapping jet not only enhances the large-scale entrainment, but also promotes the small-scale mixing.http://qtwl.xml-journal.net/cn/article/doi/10.19527/j.cnki.2096-1642.0980film flutterflapping jetself-excited nozzleturbulent mixing
spellingShingle Xiao LIANG
Hao CHEN
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Experiment on the Flow Characteristics of Film Self-Excited Flapping Jet
气体物理
film flutter
flapping jet
self-excited nozzle
turbulent mixing
title Experiment on the Flow Characteristics of Film Self-Excited Flapping Jet
title_full Experiment on the Flow Characteristics of Film Self-Excited Flapping Jet
title_fullStr Experiment on the Flow Characteristics of Film Self-Excited Flapping Jet
title_full_unstemmed Experiment on the Flow Characteristics of Film Self-Excited Flapping Jet
title_short Experiment on the Flow Characteristics of Film Self-Excited Flapping Jet
title_sort experiment on the flow characteristics of film self excited flapping jet
topic film flutter
flapping jet
self-excited nozzle
turbulent mixing
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