Numerical study on mean flow field of turbulent dual offset jet

Abstract

A numerical investigation on the mean flow and turbulence characteristics of dual offset jet for various separation distances between the two jets with a fixed offset height of the lower jet from the bottom wall is reported in this study. The numerical simulations have been performed by solving the Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations (RANS) with two-equation standard [Formula: see text] turbulence model. The Reynolds number based on the jet width and the inlet turbulence intensity are considered as 15,000 and 5%, respectively. The computational results for the mean flow reveal that after issuing from the nozzles, the adjacent shear layers of the offset jets meet together at the merging point and then the merged jets reattaches on the bottom wall at the reattachment point before they combine together at the combined point forming a single jet flow. In the far downstream, the flow field behaves like a classical single wall jet flow. The self-similarity of mean flow field is achieved at far down stream of combined point. An increase in separation distance between the two jets [Formula: see text] results in a decrease in magnitude of the streamwise maximum velocity of the combined jet but with same rate of decay. The converging region of the jets has depicted considerable growth of turbulence as the jet centrelines bend towards the merging point. According to the mean flow results, the distances of the reattachment point and the combined point from the nozzle exit gradually increase with the progressive increase in separation distance between the two jets within the range d/ w = 3–8.