Abstract
Numerical investigations of pulsed jets in a crossflow are carried out using large-eddy simulation. The flow mechanism and coherent structure evolution of pulsed jets with different frequencies (f = 20 Hz, 50 Hz, and 100 Hz) are analyzed and compared with the steady-state jet. The proper orthogonal decomposition (POD) method is used to analyze the effect of different vortex structures in the flow field, which further elaborates the influence mechanism of frequency on pulse jets in the crossflow. The results show that under the same velocity ratio, the normal penetration depth of pulsed jets to the crossflow are greater than that of the steady-state jet. Due to the pulsating effect, the pulsed jets will form a large-scale shear layer vortex, which strengthens the turbulence pulsation and promotes the mixing between jets and the crossflow. As the pulse frequency increases, the scale of the vortex rings in the downstream shear layer will become smaller but the number will increase, and fine vortex clusters will be formed around them. At f = 50 Hz, the counter-rotating vortex pair (CVP) and the jet front shear layer vortex have a greater influence in the flow field, followed by the downstream shear layer vortex, and the wake vortex has the least influence in the flow field. At f = 20 Hz and 100 Hz, the wake vortex has a greater influence in the flow field than that at f = 50 Hz.
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