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Schetz, J. A.

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Surface pressures induced on a flat plate with in-line and side-by-side dual jet configurations

A jet in a crossflow is of interest in numerous practical situations including jet-powered VTOL aircraft. Two aspects of the problem have received little prior study. First is the effect of the angle of the jet to the crossflow. Second is the performance of dual-jet configurations both in-line and side-by-side. The test plan for this work was designed to address these two aspects. The experiments were conducted in the 7 x 10 tunnel at NASA Ames at velocities from 14.5 - 35.8 m/sec (47.6 - 117.4 ft/sec.). Detailed pressure distributions are presented for single and dual jets over a range of velocity ratios from 3 to 8, spacings from 2 to 6 diameters and injection angles of 90, 75, and 105 degrees. The effects of the various parameters and the differences between the axisymmetric and flat plate geometries on the nature, size, shape, and strength of the interaction regions on the body surfaces are shown.

Schetz, J. A.↗

Jet trajectories and surface pressures induced on a body of revolution with various dual jet configurations

A jet in a cross flow is of interest in practical situations including jet-powered VTOL aircraft. Three aspects of the problem have received little prior study. First is the effect of the angle of the jet to the crossflow. Second is the performance of dual-jet configurations. The third item for further study is a jet injected from a body of revolution as opposed to a flat plate. The Test Plan for this work was designed to address these three aspects. The experiments were conducted in the 7 x 10 tunnel at NASA Ames at velocities 14.5 - 35.8 m/sec (47.6 - 117.4 ft/sec). Detailed pressure distributions are presented for single and dual jets over a range of velocity ratios from 3 to 8, spacings from 2 to 6 diameters and injection angles of 90, 75 and 60 degrees. Some flowfield measurements are also presented, and it is shown that a simple analysis is capable of predicting the trajectories of the jets.

Schetz, J. A.↗

Experimental study of surface pressures induced on a flat plate and a body of revolution by various dual jet configurations

The effect of the angle of a jet to a crossflow, the performance of dual jet configurations, and a jet injected from a body of revolution as opposed to a flat plate were investigated during experiments conducted in the 7x10 tunnel at NASA Ames at Velocities from 14.5 m/sec to 35.8 m/sec (47.6 to 117.4 ft/sec.). Pressure distributions are presented for single and dual jets over a range of velocity ratios from 2 to 10, spacings from 2 to 6 diameters and injection angles of 90, 75, 60, and 105 degrees. For the body of revolution tests, the ratio of the jet to body diameters was set as large (1/2) in order to be more representative of V/STOL aircraft applications. Flat plate tests involved dual jets both aligned and in side by side configurations. The effects of the various parameters and the differences between the axisymmetric and planar body geometrics on the nature, size, shape, and strength of the interaction regions on the body surfaces are shown. Some flowfield measurements are also presented, and it is shown that a simple analysis is capable of predicting the trajectories of the jets.

Schetz, J. A.↗

Turbulent boundary layer over solid and porous surfaces with small roughness

The wind tunnel models and instrumentation used as well as data reduction and error analysis techniques employed are described for an experimental study conducted to measure directly skin friction and obtain profiles of mean velocity, axial and normal turbulence intensity, and Reynolds stress in the untripped boundary on a large diameter axisymmetric body. Results are given for such a body with a (1) smooth, solid surface; (2) a sandpaper roughened, solid surface; (3) a sintered metal, porous surface; (4) a ""smooth'' performated titanium surface; (5) a rough, solid surface made of fine diffusion bonded screening; and (6) a rough, porous surface made of the same screening. The roughness values were in low range (k+ 5 to 7) just above what is normally considered ""hydraulically smooth''. Measurements were taken at several axial locations and tow or normal stream freestream velocities, 45.1 m/sec and 53.5 m/sec.

Kong, F. Y.↗

Turbulent boundary layer over solid and porous surfaces with small roughness

Skin friction and profiles of mean velocity, axial and normal turbulence intensity, and Reynolds stress in the untripped boundary layer were measured directly on a large diameter, axisymmetric body with: (1) a smooth, solid surface; (2) a sandpaper-roughened, solid surface; (3) a sintered metal, porous surface; (4) a smooth, perforated titanium surface; (5) a rough solid surface made of fine, diffusion bonded screening, and (6) a rough, porous surface of the same screening. Results obtained for each of these surfaces are discussed. It is shown that a rough, porous wall simply does not influence the boundary layer in the same way as a rough solid wall. Therefore, turbulent transport models for boundary layers over porous surfaces either with or without injection or suction, must include both surface roughness and porosity effects.

Kong, F. Y.↗

Turbulent boundary layer over porous surfaces with different surface geometries

The turbulent boundary layer over three porous walls with different surface geometries was studied in order to investigate the individual influences of porosity and small roughness, as well as their combined effects, on turbulent boundary layer behavior. The tests were conducted in a 2 m x 2 m tunnel on a large axisymmetric model at speeds corresponding to Re(L) = 5,000,000-6,000,000. The development of the turbulent boundary layer was compared for that of sintered metal, bonded screening, and perforated sheet and then to that for the flow over a solid smooth wall and a solid, sand-roughened wall. The comparisons reveal that the effect of porosity is to shift the logarithmic region of the wall law down by a certain amount from the solid wall results and to increase the skin friction values by about 30-40%. The downward shift of the logarithmic region of the wall law and the increase of the skin friction value by the combined effects of small roughness and porosity are found to be roughly the sum of their individual effects.

Kong, F. Y.↗

Turbulent boundary layer over solid and porous surfaces with small roughness

The turbulent boundary layer over a smooth, solid wall is examined along with a sandpaper-roughened, solid wall, and a porous wall. Suitable results are obtained with the smooth, solid wall for the Law of the Wall, the Defect Law, and the axial and turbulence intensities. The logarithmic portion of the Wall Law is shifted in the sandpaper-roughened, solid wall and an increase in the normal turbulence intensity and Reynolds stress is observed. An increase in the local skin friction values and all the turbulence values is found with the porous wall. The influence of a slightly rough, porous wall of sintered metal on the boundary layer is compared with a solid sandpaper-roughened wall in the same nominal K(+) range.

Kong, F. Y.↗

Transverse injection of a particle-laden liquid jet in supersonic flow: A three-phase flow

The results of a two part study of the behavior of particle laden liquid jets injected into air are presented. Water was used as the liquid carrier and either 1-37 or 13-44 microns diam. spherical glass beads with a specific gravity of 2.8-3.0 as the particles. The observations were mainly photographic. The breakup of jets injected into still air was investigated as a function of particle loading, and the results were compared to the pure liquid jet case. The jets were found to be more stable with particles present. The length to breakup was increased, and the formation of satellite droplets was suppressed. The penetration and breakup of transverse jets in a Mach 3.0 air stream was studied. The general breakup mechanism of wave formation was found to be the same as for the all liquid case. Significant separation of the phases was observed, and the penetration of the liquid phase was reduced compared to all liquid cases at the same value of the jet to free stream momentum flux ratio.

Schetz, J. A.↗

Skin friction reduction in supersonic flow by injection through slots, porous sections and combinations of the two

An experimental study of skin friction reduction in a Mach 3.0 air steam with gaseous injection through a tangential slot, a porous wall section, and combinations of the two was conducted. The primary data obtained were wall shear values measured directly with a floating element balance and also inferred from Preston Tube measurements. Detailed profiles at several axial stations, wall pressure distributions and schlieren photographs are presented. The data indicate that a slot provides the greatest skin friction reduction in comparison with a reference flat plate experiment. The porous wall section arrangement suffers from an apparent roughness-induced rise in skin friction at low injection rates compared to the flat plate. The combination schemes demonstrated a potential for gain.

Schetz, J. A.↗

Turbulent mixing of multiple co-axial gaseous fuel jets in a supersonic airstream

An experimental and analytical investigation of a strut-mounted, four-nozzle, downstream-facing, gaseous fuel-injector assembly was conducted in a Mach 4 airstream at 154 psia and 520 R. Helium was used as the injectant in order to simulate a low molecular weight fuel, and the interjet spacing (S/D) was the main parameter varied. The principal data are in the form of helium concentration profiles at seven axial stations, Mach number distributions at three axial stations, and Schlieren photographs of the flow field at different interjet spacings. An approximate analysis was developed based upon a linearization in the Von Mises plane, Crocco integrals for the temperature and concentrations fields, and an eddy viscosity model. Good agreement with the data was achieved. It was found that, at these conditions, interjet spacing has a significant effect on mixing only up to S/D of approximately 2.5, with the concentration of the injectant at a given point becoming smaller as S/D is increased.

Lorber, A. K.↗

Analysis of the injection of a heated turbulent jet into a cross flow

The development of a theoretical model is investigated of the incompressible jet injection process. The discharge of a turbulent jet into a cross flow was mathematically modeled by using an integral method which accounts for natural fluid mechanisms such as turbulence, entrainment, buoyancy, and heat transfer. The analytical results are supported by experimental data and demonstrate the usefulness of the theory for estimating the trajectory and flow properties of the jet for a variety of injection conditions. The capability of predicting jet flow properties, as well as two- and three-dimensional jet paths, was enhanced by obtaining the jet cross-sectional area during the solution of the conservation equations. Realistic estimates of temperature in the jet fluid were acquired by accounting for heat losses in the jet flow due to forced convection and to entrainment of free-stream fluid into the jet.

Campbell, J. F.↗

Turbulent jet mixing at high supersonic speeds.

The results of three related studies of turbulent jet mixing are presented and discussed. The major effort was the collection of mean-flow data at a much higher free stream Mach number than was previously available. The effects of initial swirl in the injectant were found to be minimal. Numerical predictions of the non-swirling experimental case obtained using an eddy viscosity approximation are found to be in reasonable agreement with the data. Lastly, an approximate analysis of the decay of the swirling velocity is developed. This analysis is based upon an eddy viscosity model for transport in the circumferential direction adapted from wing-tip vortex work.

Schetz, J. A.↗

Turbulent mixing of multiple, co-axial helium jets in a supersonic air stream

An experimental study of a strut-mounted, five-port, coaxial gaseous fuel injector assembly in a Mach 4 air stream with P sub o = 145 psia and T sub o = 546 R was conducted. Helium was used as the injectant, and the interjet spacing was the main parameter varied. The principal data are in the form of helium concentration profiles at six axial stations and pitot pressure profiles at two axial stations. Schlieren photographs are also presented. The slight sensitivity of the mixing rate to decreased interjet spacing was determined in the range 3.5 or = to S/D or = to 5.0.

Lorber, A. K.↗

An experimental study of slot injection into a supersonic stream

An experimental investigation of two-dimensional tangential-slot injection into a turbulent boundary layer at a freestream Mach number of 2.4 has been conducted. Nearly adiabatic surface temperatures were maintained during all tests. Static and pitot pressure profiles at four stations downstream of the slot were obtained. Skin friction was measured at the last three stations with a self-nulling balance. Schlieren photographs of the flow field were also obtained. Most of the data were obtained with slot Mach numbers of 0.31 and 0.66 corresponding to slot pressure less than and equal to stream static pressure, respectively. For the latter matched-pressure case, tangential slot injection reduced the surface shear at the three measuring stations by about 60 to 20 percent for increasing downstream distances from the slot of 12 to 28 slot heights. However, for the other case where slot pressure was less than stream static pressure, the effect of injection was to increase the shear by about 90 percent at the last downstream station of 28 slot heights. This increase in shear is attributed to the rapid acceleration of the low speed injectant stream by the high speed main stream and the increasing pressure through the recompression zone which is absent for the matched pressure case.

Kenworthy, M.↗

Free turbulent mixing in a coflowing stream

The major points are described of a turbulent transport model of the classical, gradient transport, eddy viscosity type. The relationship is discussed of the developed model to the Prandtl (jet mixing) model, the Schlichting (wake) model, and the Clauser (boundary layer) model. Limitations of the model and test cases are summarized.

Schetz, J. A.↗

Flow properties of submerged heated effluents in a waterway.

An experimental and theoretical investigation has been undertaken to study the trajectory and growth of thermal effluents having a range of discharge velocities and temperatures. The discharge of an effluent into a waterway was mathematically modeled as a submerged jet injection process by using an integral method which accounts for natural fluid mechanisms such as turbulence, entrainment, buoyancy, and heat transfer. The effects of these mechanisms on the jet properties are examined along with the effects of nonuniformity in the free-stream velocity and temperature fields. The results are supported by experimental data and demonstrate the usefulness of the theory for estimating the location, size, and temperature of the thermal plume.

Campbell, J. F.↗