Mean and Turbulent Velocity Field for Jet Injected into Supersonic Flow with Pseudo-Shock Wave

Abstract

The mean and turbulent velocity field of a transverse jet in a supersonic flow with a pseudo shock wave by stereoscopic particle image velocimetry was measured. Both the mainstream and the injectant were unheated air. The pseudo shock wave was generated and controlled by means of a flow plug driven by a stepping motor. To study the influence of the generation anddevelopment of the pseudo shockwave,measurements are taken for four different cases of the pseudo shock wave location, including one without a pseudo shock wave. Sequences of up to 750 image pairs for each measurement plane were acquired. From these data, the mean and turbulent characteristics of the flowfield were examined, such as mean velocity and vorticity, turbulence intensities, Reynolds stresses, and turbulence kinetic energy.Themeanvelocity andvorticity indicate that the pseudo shockwave gradually lowered the flow speed of the mainstream and increased the size of the counter-rotating vortex pair. The pseudo shock wave strongly disturbed the flowfield, inducing complicated three-dimensional distortions. The pseudo shock wave disturbed theflowfields near thewalls, and the turbulence kinetic energy in this areawas kept at a high level over long streamwise distances. The streamwise fluctuation intensity was about 4 times stronger than that of the vertical and lateral components, and the streamwise velocity components fluctuated even more greatly than the cross-sectional velocity components. The transverse injection moderately affected not only turbulence around the jet, but also the turbulent characteristics caused by the pseudo shock wave. The injection not only produced turbulence around the jet, but also suppressed the velocity fluctuation caused by the pseudo shock wave.