JetImpingementCharacteristicsfromaPulsedRadialJet.PDFVIP

Jet Impingement Characteristics from a Pulsed Radial Jet Reattachment Nozzle ∗ J.Y. Pak, D.L. James, and S. Parameswaran Department of Mechanical Engineering Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409-1021 1 Abstract Jets of fluid have been used to cool, heat or dry a surface in many industries including high temperature gas turbines, paper and glass manufacturing plants and electronic components. A Pulsed Radial Jet Reattachment (PRJR) nozzle using a sinusoidal mechanical pulsation of the nozzle to vary the exit velocity has been investigated to determine the flow field, especially near the impingement surface, as a function of nozzle geometry and flow conditions. The present study shows the effects of fluid and geometric parameters on PRJR nozzles. Numerical simulations for air exiting PRJR nozzles are presented as a function of the si- nusoidal pulsation rate (5, 10, and 20 Hz, Strouhal numbers between 0.0059 and 0.0236), nondimensional nozzle-to-plate spacing (H/Rb between 0.571 and 0.875), exit angle (θ = 0 ◦ and 20 ), and Reynolds numbers (2000, 4000, and 6000) for a fixed amplitude ratio. The two-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations and a standard k- turbulence model utilizing a body fitted, moving coordinate frame was used to simulate the time varying turbulent flow field of air exiting both nozzles and impinging on a flat plate. A torroidal vortex located between the reattachment radius and the nozzle centerline that moves to and fro radially as the nozzle diverter moves up and down greatly influences the entire flow field. The reattach- ment radius was shown to move radially in and out also as a function of the position of the nozzle diverter. ∗Computational Fluid Dynamics JOURNAL, vol. 7, no. 4, Jan. 1999, pp 451-462