| Issue |
EPJ Web Conf.
Volume 180, 2018
EFM17 – Experimental Fluid Mechanics 2017
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| Article Number | 02065 | |
| Number of page(s) | 12 | |
| Section | Contributions | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201818002065 | |
| Published online | 04 June 2018 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201818002065
Fluidic Vectoring of a Planar Incompressible Jet Flow
EA Dep., von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics, Sint-Genesius-Rode, Belgium
* email mendez@vki.ac.be
Published online: 4 June 2018
This paper presents an experimental, a numerical and a theoretical analysis of the performances of a fluidic vectoring device for controlling the direction of a turbulent, bi-dimensional and low Mach number (incompressible) jet flow. The investigated design is the co-flow secondary injection with Coanda surface, which allows for vectoring angles up to 25° with no need of moving mechanical parts. A simple empirical model of the vectoring process is presented and validated via experimental and numerical data. The experiments consist of flow visualization and image processing for the automatic detection of the jet centerline; the numerical simulations are carried out solving the Unsteady Reynolds Average Navier- Stokes (URANS) closed with the k - ω SST turbulence model, using the PisoFoam solver from OpenFOAM. The experimental validation on three different geometrical configurations has shown that the model is capable of providing a fast and reliable evaluation of the device performance as a function of the operating conditions.
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