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JET MIXING CONTROL USING EXCITATION FROM MINIATURE OSCILLATING JETS
Title
JET MIXING CONTROL USING EXCITATION FROM MINIATURE OSCILLATING JETS
Creator
Raman, G, Cornelius, D
Date
1995-02
Publisher
AMER INST AERONAUT ASTRONAUT
SUPERSONIC JET MIXING ENHANCEMENT USING IMPINGEMENT TONES FROM OBSTACLES OF VARIOUS GEOMETRIES
Title
SUPERSONIC JET MIXING ENHANCEMENT USING IMPINGEMENT TONES FROM OBSTACLES OF VARIOUS GEOMETRIES
Creator
Raman, G, Rice, Ej
Date
1995-03
Publisher
AMER INST AERONAUT ASTRONAUT
Description
This paper reports the results of an experiment that investigated the effect of impingement tones, generated by obstacles of various...
Show moreThis paper reports the results of an experiment that investigated the effect of impingement tones, generated by obstacles of various geometries, on the spreading of a supersonic jet flow. A rectangular supersonic jet was produced using a convergent-divergent nozzle that was operated near its design point (with shocks minimized). Immersing obstacles in the flow produced an intense impingement tone that then propagated upstream (as feedback) to the jet lip and excited the antisymmetric hydrodynamic mode in the jet, thus setting up a resonant self-sustaining loop. The violent flapping motion of the jet due to excitation of the antisymmetric mode, combined with the unsteady wakes of the obstacles, produced large changes in jet mixing. The experiment controlled the frequency and amplitude of the impingement tone excitation by varying the nozzle-to-obstacle distance and the obstacle immersion. Proper shaping of the obstacles made it possible to reduce the thrust penalty significantly.
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AXISYMMETRICAL JET FORCED BY FUNDAMENTAL AND SUBHARMONIC TONES
Title
AXISYMMETRICAL JET FORCED BY FUNDAMENTAL AND SUBHARMONIC TONES
Creator
Raman, G, Rice, Ej
Date
1991-07
Publisher
AMER INST AERONAUT ASTRONAUT
Description
A circular jet was excited simultaneously by two harmonically related tones. The results of this excitation on jet behavior are reported for...
Show moreA circular jet was excited simultaneously by two harmonically related tones. The results of this excitation on jet behavior are reported for three pairs of Strouhal numbers [St(D) = f*D/U(j) = 0.2 and 0.4, 0.3 and 0.6, 0.4 and 0.8]. For each case, the initial phase difference between the two tones was varied in steps of 45 deg for one full cycle, and the amplitude of the fundamental and subharmonic tones was varied independently over the range of 0.1-7.0% of the jet exit velocity. Several results of this study agreed with other published findings, such as a critical amplitude or the fundamental being required for subharmonic augmentation and the initial phase difference being critical in determining whether the subharmonic is augmented or suppressed. In addition, the detailed documentation or several aspects of this phenomenon, measured in the same experimental facility in a controlled manner, brought out two important points that had eluded previous researchers. First, at high levels of the fundamental and subharmonic forcing amplitudes, the subharmonic augmentation is independent of the initial phase difference. Second, two-frequency excitation is indeed more effective than single-frequency excitation in jet mixing enhancement. Higher spreading rates seem to go along with higher subharmonic levels.
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Resonant interaction of a linear array of supersonic rectangular jets: An experimental study
Title
Resonant interaction of a linear array of supersonic rectangular jets: An experimental study
Creator
Raman, G, Taghavi, R
Date
1996-11-10
Publisher
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
Resonant interaction of a linear array of supersonic rectangular jets: An experimental study
Title
Resonant interaction of a linear array of supersonic rectangular jets: An experimental study
Creator
Raman, G, Taghavi, R
Date
1996-11-10
Publisher
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
INITIAL TURBULENCE EFFECT ON JET EVOLUTION WITH AND WITHOUT TONAL EXCITATION
Title
INITIAL TURBULENCE EFFECT ON JET EVOLUTION WITH AND WITHOUT TONAL EXCITATION
Creator
Raman, G, Zaman, Kbmq, Rice, Ej
Date
1989-07
Publisher
AMER INST PHYSICS
Resonant interaction of a linear array of supersonic rectangular jets: An experimental study
Title
Resonant interaction of a linear array of supersonic rectangular jets: An experimental study
Creator
Raman, G, Taghavi, R
Date
1996-02-25
Publisher
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
Description
This paper examines a supersonic multi-jet interaction problem that we believe is likely to be important for mixing enhancement and noise...
Show moreThis paper examines a supersonic multi-jet interaction problem that we believe is likely to be important for mixing enhancement and noise reduction in supersonic mixer-ejector nozzles. We demonstrate that it is possible to synchronize the screech instability of four rectangular jets by precisely adjusting the inter-jet spacing. Our experimental data agree with a theory that assumes that the phase-locking of adjacent jets occurs through a coupling at the jet lip. Although synchronization does not change the frequency of the screech tone, its amplitude is augmented. The synchronized multi-jets exhibit higher spreading than the unsynchronized jets, with the single jet spreading the least. We compare the near-field noise of the four jets with synchronized screech to the noise of the sum of four jets operated individually. Our noise measurements reveal that the more rapid mixing of the synchronized multi-jets causes the peak jet noise source to move upstream and to radiate noise at larger angles to the flow direction. Based on our results, we have grounds to believe that screech synchronization is advantageous for noise reduction internal to a mixer-ejector nozzle, since the noise can now be suppressed by a shorter acoustically lined ejector.
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INSTABILITY MODES EXCITED BY NATURAL SCREECH TONES IN A SUPERSONIC RECTANGULAR JET
Title
INSTABILITY MODES EXCITED BY NATURAL SCREECH TONES IN A SUPERSONIC RECTANGULAR JET
Creator
Raman, G, Rice, Ej
Date
1994-12
Publisher
AMER INST PHYSICS
EVALUATION OF FLIP-FLOP JET NOZZLES FOR USE AS PRACTICAL EXCITATION DEVICES
Title
EVALUATION OF FLIP-FLOP JET NOZZLES FOR USE AS PRACTICAL EXCITATION DEVICES
Creator
Raman, G, Rice, Ej, Cornelius, Dm
Date
1994-09
Publisher
ASME-AMER SOC MECHANICAL ENG
Description
This paper describes the flowfield characteristics of the flip-flop jet nozzle and the potential for using this nozzle as a practical...
Show moreThis paper describes the flowfield characteristics of the flip-flop jet nozzle and the potential for using this nozzle as a practical excitation device. It appears from the existing body of published information that there is a lack of data on the parameters affecting the operation of such nozzles and on the mechanism of operation of these nozzles. An attempt is made in the present work to study the important parameters affecting the operation and performance of a flip-flop jet nozzle. Measurements were carried out to systematically assess the effect of varying the nozzle pressure ratio (NPR) as well as the length and volume of the feedback tube on the frequency of oscillation of this device. Flow visualization was used to obtain a better understanding of the jet flowfield and of the processes occurring within the feedback tube. The frequency of oscillation of the flip-flop jet depended significantly on the feedback tube length and volume as well as on the nozzle pressure ratio. In contrast, the coherent velocity perturbation levels did not depend on the above-mentioned parameters. The data presented in this paper would be useful for modeling such flip-flop excitation devices that are potentially useful for controlling practical shear flows.
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DEVELOPMENT OF PHASED TWIN FLIP-FLOP JETS
Title
DEVELOPMENT OF PHASED TWIN FLIP-FLOP JETS
Creator
Raman, G, Rice, Ej
Date
1994-07
Publisher
ASME-AMER SOC MECHANICAL ENG
Description
The flip-flop nozzle is a device that can produce an oscillating jet flow without any moving parts. There is now a renewed interest in such...
Show moreThe flip-flop nozzle is a device that can produce an oscillating jet flow without any moving parts. There is now a renewed interest in such nozzles due to their potential for use as excitation devices in practical applications. An experiment aimed at developing twin flip-flop jets that operate at prescribed frequencies and phase differences was performed. The phasing was achieved using two different nozzle interconnection schemes. In one configuration the two jets flapped in-phase and in another they flapped out-of-phase with respect to each other. In either configuration the frequencies of oscillation of both jets were equal. When one of the jets was run at a constant high velocity and the velocity of the second jet was increased gradually, the higher velocity jet determined the frequency of oscillation of both jets. The two flip-flop jet configurations described in this paper could be used to excite a primary jet flow in either an anti-symmetric (sinuous) or a symmetric (varicose) mode.
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