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Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications
An International Journal of Computation and Methodology
Volume 46, 2004 - Issue 10
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NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS ON THE HYDRODYNAMICS OF A TURBULENT SLOT JET IMPINGING ON A SEMICYLINDRICAL CONVEX SURFACE

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Pages 995-1008 | Received 01 Oct 2003, Accepted 01 Jul 2004, Published online: 17 Aug 2010
 

Abstract

This study presents the numerical simulations of flow characteristics of a turbulent slot jet impinging on a semicylindrical convex surface. The turbulent-governing equations are solved by a control-volume-based finite difference method with power-law scheme, and the well-known k  − ε turbulence model associated with the wall function is used to describe the turbulent behavior and structure.

While the width of the slot nozzle is fixed at 9.38 mm, the diameter of the semicylinder is at 150 mm, and air is the working medium, the adopted modifying parameters here include the Reynolds number of the inlet flow (Re = 6000 ~ 20000), jet to impingement surface spacing (y / w = 7 ~ 13), and the entrainment or wall boundary is employed nearby the convex surface. The numerical simulations of flow fields indicate that the velocity distribution of the free jet region departs from the center with increasing y / w. When we increase Reynolds number Re, the variation of the velocity on the convex surface becomes rapid, and the turbulent kinetic energy increases.

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