Investigation of mixing characteristics of coflow rectangular nozzle of aspect ratio 2 and 3

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this study is to understand experimentally the mixing characteristics of a two-stream exhaust system with a supersonic Mach 1.5 primary jet that exits the rectangular C-D nozzle surrounded by a sonic secondary jet from a convergent rectangular nozzle by varying the aspect ratio (AR = 2 and 3) similar to those that can be available for future high-speed commercial aircraft.

Design/methodology/approach

This paper focuses on the experimental results of effects of AR at various expansion levels of jets issued/delivered from a central rectangular convergent-divergent nozzle of AR 2 and 3 surrounded by a coflow from a convergent rectangular sonic nozzle. The lip thickness of the primary nozzle is 2.2 mm. various nozzle pressure ratios (NPRs) ranging from 2, 3, 3.69 and 4 were chosen for pressure measurements.

Findings

For all the NPRs, AR 3 had a shorter core than AR 2. Also, AR 3 was found to decay faster in the transition and fully developed zones. The lateral plots show that the AR has an influence on the jet spread.

Originality/value

The structure of waves existing in the potential core of the rectangular coflow jet along with the major and minor axis planes was visualized by the shadowgraph technique.

Citation

Murugesan, V.K., Suseela Moorthi, A.K. and Ramachandran, G.S.L. (2022), "Investigation of mixing characteristics of coflow rectangular nozzle of aspect ratio 2 and 3", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 94 No. 4, pp. 613-622. https://doi.org/10.1108/AEAT-04-2021-0097