PREDICTION OF TURBULENT PLANE JET IN CROSSFLOW

Abstract

In this article numerical predictions of turbulent plane jets discharged normal to a weak or moderate cross stream are presented. The Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations with the standard k- k turbulence model have been used to formulate the flow problem. The governing equations that are elliptic in nature are solved using the finite volume method. The predictions are presented to illustrate the flow pattern involved and to assess the performance of the standard k- k model by comparison with available experimental data for three different jet to cross stream velocity ratios (six, nine, and ten) and the agreement is found to be satisfactory.