Numerical studies of three turbulent slot jets with and without moving surface

Abstract

This study presents the numerical predictions of the fluid flow and heat transfer characteristics for three turbulent impingement slot jets. The turbulent governing equations are solved by a control-volume-based finite-difference method with power-law scheme, the well knownK-e model, and its associate wall function to describe the turbulent behavior. The velocity and pressure terms of momentum equations are solved by the SIMPLE (Semi-Implicit Method for Pressure-Linked Equation) method. In this study nonuniform staggered grids are used. The parameters interesting include entrance Reynolds number (Re), dimensionless nozzle to surface space (H/W), dimensionless pitch (H/W), and dimensionless velocity ratio (U s /V j ). The computed results show that the dimensionless pitch has a strong influence on the heat transfer characteristics. In the case with surface motion, it is found that the skin friction coefficient of the impinging surface is strongly affected by the surface motion, but the heat transfer characteristic is not significant in the range of 0.05≤U s /V j ≤0.25.