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ERCOFTAC Bulletin - Centre Acoustique

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via empirical mixing rules [17, 18, 19]. The numerical details<br />

to simulate the turbulent jets are described at length<br />

in the literature [8, 20, 21]. To prescribe the coaxial jet<br />

inflow a mean velocity profile using the hyperbolic tangent<br />

function. The corresponding density distribution is<br />

modeled by using the Crocco-Buseman relation and the<br />

ideal gas relation. The Reynolds number is 40000 based<br />

on the nozzle diameter (D = 2R) and the secondary jet<br />

velocity (Us) at the nozzle exit. The Mach number of<br />

the secondary stream is Us/a∞ = 0.9 and the temperature<br />

ratio of the secondary flow and the ambient fluid is<br />

Ts/T∞ = 1.0. Furthermore, the helium-air mixture configuration<br />

possesses a primary jet consisting of helium<br />

(30%), nitrogen (53.7%), and oxygen (16.3%) mixture<br />

to match the hot-air configuration which has a primary<br />

jet temperature Tp ≃ 2.7T∞. The flow configurations<br />

are chosen to focus on the noise sources of the hot-air<br />

and the helium-air mixture coaxial jet emphasizing the<br />

impact of the density gradient. The notation and the<br />

flow parameters of the coaxial jets are summarized in<br />

Table (1).<br />

3 Results<br />

In the following, results of single and coaxial turbulent<br />

jets are determined. Using the unsteady flow data over a<br />

time interval Ts = 350R/Us the time averaged statistics<br />

is obtained. First, the turbulent flow field of the heliummixture<br />

coaxial jet is discussed by comparing the current<br />

results with findings of a helium-air coaxial jet and a hotair<br />

coaxial jet denoted by ‘cjm’ and ‘cja’, respectively.<br />

The acoustic fields of two coaxial jets are analyzed in<br />

detail using sound spectra determined by different noise<br />

sources.<br />

Figure (2) shows instantaneous contours of density<br />

(ρ/ρ∞), helium gas mass fraction (YHe), and local Mach<br />

number (V/a) in the x = 0 plane. The coaxial jet at the<br />

inflow boundary has a primary stream possessing mass<br />

fraction of 30% helium and 70% oxygen-nitrogen mixture<br />

and a secondary stream at 23.3% oxygen and 76.7% nitrogen<br />

mixture. This configuration mimics a hot coaxial<br />

jet configuration with a temperature ratio of Tp/Ts = 2.7<br />

between a primary (p) and a secondary (s) jet. In this<br />

configuration low density flow develop by mass diffusion<br />

of multi-species mixture gases. The mass fraction of helium<br />

decreases rapidly at the end of the potential core<br />

||E|| ∞<br />

10 0<br />

10 -1<br />

10 -2<br />

10 -3<br />

10 -4<br />

10 -5<br />

10<br />

0 2 4 6 8 10<br />

StD,s -6<br />

Figure 1: Infinity norm of the error induced by the interpolating<br />

FIR filter during source term reconstruction.<br />

cutoff<br />

(a) ρ/ρ∞<br />

(b) YHe<br />

(c) V/a<br />

Figure 2: Instantaneous contours of a helium-mixture<br />

coaxial jet, (a) density contours, (b) helium mass fraction<br />

contours, (c) local Mach number contours defined by V =<br />

u and the local speed of sound a.<br />

due to a strong turbulence production in the shear layer<br />

and a pronounced mixing. The mixing leads to an increased<br />

Mach number of the primary jet at the end of<br />

the potential core due to the greater Mach number of the<br />

secondary stream.<br />

In Figure (3) the axial distributions of the mean centerline<br />

velocity normalized by the primary jet velocity at<br />

the nozzle exit Up show the flow development on the jet<br />

centerline. The end of potential core (ze) is matched to<br />

emphasize the jet development at the downstream. The<br />

helium-air and the hot-air coaxial jet are collapsed to<br />

show the rapid decrease of the axial velocity distribution<br />

compared to the single jet configurations. The multiple<br />

shear layer containing a pronounced density gradient<br />

excites the strong turbulence mixing of the coaxial jets.<br />

The turbulence distributions on the jet centerline are<br />

presented in Figure (4) for the streamwise and the radial<br />

component. The two coaxial jets (cjm and cja) show almost<br />

likewise distributions of the turbulent shear stress.<br />

The mixing of helium-mixture fluid between the primary<br />

and the secondary jet has an equivalent impact on the<br />

turbulent fluctuations as a coaxial jet at a hot primary<br />

stream. The axial component distribution of cjm peaks<br />

at w ′ /Us ≃ 0.15 whereas that of cja at w ′ /Us ≃ 0.14.<br />

The mass diffusion which is described by Fick’s law based<br />

on the assumption of a binary mixture seems to generate<br />

the slightly different turbulence intensity. The heliumair<br />

mixture jet shows a rapid turbulent mixing due to<br />

the strong density gradient in the shear layer. That is,<br />

<strong>ERCOFTAC</strong> <strong>Bulletin</strong> 90 17

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