Numerical Investigation on Visualizations of Confined Air Flow in a Slot Jet Inside a Rectangular Channel

Abstract:

In the present numerical investigation, the flow field of confined slot air jet in a rectangular computational domain is reported. In the present work the flow field parameters like reattachment length, vortex center and horizontal velocity profiles for various Reynolds numbers and for various aspect ratios are presented .The present study reveals that the vortex centers are moving in a downstream direction with increase in Reynolds number. The reattachment length is directly dependent on the Reynolds numbers. In case of vortex dynamics, the vortex size is indirectly dependent on the inlet jet width. In the present investigation, SIMPLE algorithm is used to solve the governing equations. It is concluded that the aspect ratio and the Reynolds number are playing dominant roles in flow field of the present computational domain.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 813-814)
• Pages: 736-741
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.813-814.736
• Online since: November 2015
• Authors: M. Muthukannan*, P. Rajesh Kanna, S. Jeyakumar, J.Y. Raja Shangaravel, S. Raghu, K. Rajesh
• Keywords: Aspect Ratio, Flow Field, Horizontal Velocity Profile, Laminar Flow, Reattachment Length, Vortex Center

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