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Synthetic Jets in Quiescent Air

Chung-Sheng Yao, F. J. Chen, Dan Neuhart, J. E. Harris

Abstract

An oscillatory jet with zero net mass flow is generated by a cavity-pumping actuator. Among the three test cases selected for the Langley CFD validation workshop to assess the current CFD capabilities to predict unsteady flow fields, this basic oscillating jet flow field is the least complex and is selected as the first test case. Increasing in complexity, two more cases studied include jet in cross flow boundary layer and unsteady flow induced by suction and oscillatory blowing with separation control geometries. In this experiment, velocity measurements from three different techniques, hot-wire anemometry, Laser Doppler Velocimetry (LDV) and Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV), documented the synthetic jet flow field. To provide boundary conditions for computations, the experiment also monitored the actuator operating parameters including diaphragm displacement, internal cavity pressure, and internal cavity temperature.

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Key concepts: Particle image velocimetry, Mechanics, Synthetic jet, Boundary layer, Suction, Jet (fluid), Computational fluid dynamics, Displacement (psychology)