Velocity Statistics of a Fully Pulsed Round Jet in Streamwise Direction

Abstract

In this paper, statistical quantities of a fully pulsed round jet along the jet centerline are reported. A range of the Reynolds (1.5 x 104 < Re < 4 x 104) and Strouhal (0.0064 < St < 0.0076) numbers is used to generate the jet. Physically this unsteady jet produces a series of distinct pulses due to the excitations. The mechanically excitations lead to the appearance of pulse dominated and high turbulence steady jet region in which their existence is of a strong dependence on the level of the controlled parameters. After the pulse merging completes the pulsed jet alters to a self-preserving steady jet with a significantly higher turbulence intensity. Under a constant mass flow rate the pulsed jet tends to be more fluctuating at a less intense pulsation thus permitting the endurance of the normalized periodic component and a more rapid velocity decay in the pulse-dominated region.