C.K. Tam, A.T. Thies

The instability of rectangular jets is investigated using a vortex sheet model. It is shown that such jets support four linearly independent families of instability waves. Within each family there are infinitely many modes. A way to classify these modes according to the characteristics of their mode shapes or eigenfunctions is proposed. A parametric study of the instability wave characteristics has been carried out. A sample of the numerical results is reported here. It is found that the first and third modes of each instability wave family are corner modes. The pressure fluctuations associated with these instability waves are localized near the corners of the jet. The second mode, however, is a center mode with maximum fluctuations concentrated in the central portion of the jet flow. The center mode has the largest spatial growth rate. It is anticipated that as the instability waves propagate downstream the center mode would emerge as the dominant instability of the jet.

DGLR/AIAA 14th Aeroacoustics Conference, 1992

Conference Paper

englisch

21,0 x 29,7 cm, 8 Seiten

DGLR-Bericht, 1992, 1992-03, DGLR/AIAA 14th Aeroacoustics Conference - Proceedings; S.279-286; 1992; Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft- und Raumfahrt - Lilienthal-Oberth e.V., Bonn

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aeroacoustics

Bibliothek

1992