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Effects of pulsation intensity on the flow and dispersion of pulsed dual ®
plane jets enger
Sanjay Kumar®, Rong Fung Huang**, Ching Min Hsu
* Dear of Mehanl Bering Neto! Ta Uninet of cee and Tey, Tagl Tara 10507, Repub of Cine
“peeramnt hanel Dos Eine nal Porm erty Ya, Tao 207, Rea of China
Ronse The ees of jet publion Invasiy on de Now and alspesion characteristics f dal parallel plane jes ware
a plane es ‘experimenaly studied. The Jt pulsations wore generate by acoustic excitations. The astightshest assed
aeton esty smoke flow visualization method was used o study the Now evolution proceses. The ltera preaing ch
tet of the jets were measured using the binary edge detection method. A hotwie anemometer was used
to mearure the velocity pusstions, mean velocities, turbulence intensities, and Lagrangian turbulent length and
time scales. The dispersion charactensts of te jt Huis were measured by the Wace gas concentration dete
tion method, The et Reynolds mimber and excitation Strouhal number were Gea 60 an 0,106, respectively
“Te et polston intensities were varied from Oto 1,6. As the jets were pase, the trblence intensity, literal
spread wide, and jt Sid dispersion capability marke increased compared with those ofthe non puedes
The lange the pulsation intensity was, the higher the turbulence incensiy, lateral spread width, and jet Ould
2,
‘Anderson and Spall [15] compared the experimental and numerical
results of two parallel plane jes, including the mean velocities, stream.
‘wise and transverse notmal stresses, and locations of merging and com
bined points. Anderson etal (19) and Anderson (20) extended their
previous work and determined the instability characteristics for low jet
spacing to jet width ratios, The instability behavior in the spectra was
Indiated by sharp peaks. They concluded that the vortex shedding phe
‘nomenon, similar to flows over bluff bodies, eppeered. Furthermore,
‘Anderson observed thatthe periodic behavior inthe jets was indepen
‘dent of the Reynolds number within the nozzle spacing ratio range of
S/d = 05-1,7. At higher nozzle specing ratios, the instabilities were
~ Garesponding author. Department of Mechanical Enginsering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, No, #9, Section 4, Keshing Road, Tips
607, Taiwan, RO
mal ede: sang ns sie (RF. Hang.
napa org/10.1016/}.ncese 2020105182
Received 11 August 2020; Recelved in revised form 1 Octobe 2020; Accepted 30 October 2020
‘Availabe online 4 Novernber 2020
(0020-7403/ 2020 Elsevier Led. Al rights reserved.Nomenclature
© toca eoncenteaton of carbon dowide
€, concentration of carbon donde a jet ext
aids oft et, 4m
4% voltage of signal output Som function generator
£, voltage of signal ourpt fom power amplifier
foe excitation feequeney
TE” jeepalsation intensity (=1'/4,)
Tenge of jet exit 145 mm
1, eng of nial jet cotamn
Lagrangian integral length sale of turbulence ees
1m mass low rte measured by mass flow meter
N numberof datapoints employed for calculation of
@ ——Wolumerie Now rate at STP converted fom measired
sass low
Rey Reynolds umber of et © ted /)
S-' _ separation distance between exits of parallel plane jet
Stage ekitation Strouhal number based on jt ext velocity
fd width feed /u)
Tage peo of excitation signal ( 1 / fa)
2 Gvalvng time
© ondimensional time (= Tac)
‘At phase agin time
te time-averaged anil velocities
tg mean velocities at je eit (= @/ 210)
4 rootmeansquare vale of local flow velocity uta
sions = Ee,
x lateral coordinate originated from center on ext plane
of dua pralel plane ets
¥—axll coordina originated from center on exit plane of
ual parle plane jets
transverse coordinate originated from center on exit
plane of dual parallel plane jets
#——_exito inlet area ratio of ASME nozzle
+ convolutional time scale of eutoorrelaion
,—_Tageangianinegral ime scale of turbulence ees
© power spectrum density funeion
1» centrine concentration reduction index
1 Klnematie viscosity of air
not detectable. Spall (21 attributed the instability characteristics tothe
equal momentum fx of two parallel plane ets of different slot witb
The instability behavior of the jets was characterized by “flapping” of
the jet columns. Thu, it was difficult to identify the merging ané com-
bined points because ofthe instability ofthe jet columns when these jets
mixed strongly with ambient fluids at their matched momentum. Mon-
dale al (22) studied the effet of separation cistancesofrwo plane tur-
bulent parallel jets onthe periodie vortex shedding phenomenon. There-
sults inicated that the periodic vortex shedding phenomenon observed
near the nozale plate was behaved similarly to obtained in the near wake
region of the two-dimensional bil? body at separation distance range
08 5 S/d < 1.4 However, at $/d = 05 and 1.5, two counterrotating
stables seady vortices appeared inthe near flow field region. The veloc-
fay signals csplayed pure sinusoidal orilation at the same separation
distance range. The fart Fourier transform of velocity signals exhibited
2 frequency peaks at the same value of Strouhal number and gradu
ally reduced with the increase in separation distances between two ets
“Moreover, turbulence characteristics such as mean velocity profiles, tur-
boulent kinetic energy distributions indicated greater interaction of rin
jets ithe shear layers along the central path as separation distance de-
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‘creased. Spectral studies revealed two distinct peak frequencies were
found with formation of vortex associated with inner and outer shear
layers (23),
ang et al. (24) investigated the turbulent mixing of parallel jets
for the design of cooling systems in nuclear reactors using Laser
Doppler measurements, The mean velocities, turbulence intensities, and
Reynolds stress were computed at equal and non-equal exit velocities
The merging point wes appeared at anaxil distance between y/d'= 1.72
03.45 anda combined point obtained at y/d = 18.52. The higher turbu
lence level observed atthe outer edges of two jets and the outer bound!
ary of the combined jets. The maximum Reynolds stress appeared inthe
‘merging region indicated the stronger mixing inthe region. Wang tal
25] extended hie work and attributed the flow field in the converging
region of two parallel plane jets by using particle image velocimetry
measurement, The mean velocities revealed thatthe flow moved in the
‘opposite direction generating a significant amount of recirculation. The
velocity profiles obtained from PIV measurements were agreed well to
LDA results, The turbulence characteristics depicted that strong momen:
tum transfer occurred in the merging region. The instantaneous vector
‘eld was evaluated to identify the presence of vortices, is growth, and
ieraction patterns. Wang and Tan (26] experimentally investigated
the interaction between dual-et flow by wall jet and a parallel off jet.
‘The dual jet flow was characierized by the Karman-like vortex stret in
the inner shear layer regions. These vortices roll up and shedding pe
Fiodically revealed interaction between two jes. Besides, these vortices
sigalficantly affect the outer shear layers of offset jet and wall jet which
resulted in concentrated Karman-like vorticity. Zhao et al. (27) exper
mentally studied the interaction between two parallel planar Jes in a
‘rosflow. A prominent recirculation zone was formed which was larger
in size atthe windward side and salle in size at the leeward side, The
windward side shear layer was more turbulent than the leeward side
shear layer. The formation of coherent structures and rollup of large
‘eddies, its growth, and fracture into smaller eddy sizes were occurred
thickness) ofthe nozzle plate
‘were 360 mim x 160 mm x 6.4 mm. The nozzle plate contained two
‘denies prallel ASME low.p series of converging nozzles (37]-In some
studies, for instance, Raman and Taghvi [38] the term “twin jets” de.
notes two supersonic jets issued from two inline-arranged rectangular
nozzles (usually having an aspect ratio less than or equal to 5). Under
this arrangement, weak and strong interaction between the coherent
low structures and the shock waves may produce broadband and dis
‘rete tone (screech). The tone propagates upstream tothe jet exits and
couples with the hydrodynamic disturbances. The hydrodynamic di
turbances may induce structural fatigue. Ths phenomenon was usually
called the “twin jets coupling", which may include two modes: symme
‘uy and anti-symmety. Inthe present study, low-speed jets were issued
from two slots with an aspect ratio of 36.25 arranged to be parallel to
‘each atheras shown in Fig. 1, No shock waves were created and hence no
Interactions between the coherent flow structures and the shock waves
‘occurred, therefore no coupling types were identified. The exits ofthe
‘oeo parallel nozzles had a length (2) and width () of 145 mm and 4 mm,
respectively. The aspect ratio ofthe slots (nozzle ents) was about 36.25,
‘whic was larger than the ratio of 30 proposed by Deo et al. (39) for
forming two-dimensional jets. The distance between the centers ofthe
‘hwo slots was $ = 20 mm, so the dimensionless separation ratio (the
nozale spacing ratio) was S/d = 5. Transparent Plexiglas plates were in
stalled at the two ends ofthe jet-generation chamber vertically from the
Tevely = -450 mim to 1000 mm
‘A loudspeaker was installed in the center of ane ofthe sidewalls of,
the jet-generation chamber to impose pulsations on the jets. he lou:
speaker had a face diameter and a voice-ol electrical resistance of 20,
‘em and 5.5 Q, respectively. The weight of the loudspeaker, including
the voice col, dust cap, surround, spider, diaphragm, magnet, and outer
frame, was 1.60 kg. A function generator was used to provide the control
signals of = 25 V to a power amplifier, which subsequently output
a larger cleric current and voltage to the loudspeaker col. Prelim
nary tests shoved thatthe flows subjected to the acoustic excitations us
ing the triangular, sinusoidal, and square waveforms from the function
‘generator exhibited similar behaviors, but the square waves induced
larger jet pulsations than the other two waveforms. This phenomenon
‘coincided withthe observations of previous investigations by MCloskey
etl. (40) and Shapiro et al. [17], Square waves were employed inthe
present stad to fore the ets. The Frequencies ofthe square waves pro
vided by the function generator were varied from 20 to 500 Hz. The
‘maximum attainable excitation voltae at the output terminals ofthe
power amplifier was E, = 15 V.
‘he motions of the loudspeaker diaphragm induced convective ds
turbances on the flow inthe jet generation chamber andthe propaga
ing sound waves. The propagating sound waves exhibited asthe sound
pressure exerting on the flow. The sound waves, gravitational waves,
‘and random waves had insignificant viscous losses or dissipations and
therefore are not classified a turbulence, but, they are dispersive (42
Both the convective disturbances induced by the loudspeaker diaphragm
‘motions and the sound pressure could affect the flow id, At large How
pulsation intensities, the contribution of inducing flow pulsations bythe
sound pressure may not be as large as that by the convective disturbbances induced by the loudspeaker diaphragm motion. In the present
study, the combined effects ofthe low pulsations induced by the con-
vectve disturbances and the sound pressure were lumped into the inde
Pendent parameter measured a the jet exits, Le, the pulsation intens!-
2.2. Velocity pulsation measurements
To detect the pulsating velocities near the eit ofthe dval parallel
plane jets, two homemade one-component hot-wire anemometers were
placed at the centers of both nozzle exits at (e/d y/e 2/d) = (22.5,
15, 0). To measure the instantaneous flow velocity variations at the
other locations of the jets, a one-component hot-wire anemometer was,
used. The hot-wire probe had a platinum wire with a length and a di-
ameter of 1.5 mm and 5 ym, respectively. The response frequency of
the platinum wire corresponding tothe electronic square-wave test was,
adjusted to 20 k#x, The postion of the hot-wire probe was controlled
‘sing a stepping-motor controlled three-dimensional traversing mecha
nism. The hoc wire anemometer was calibrated in a wind tunnel using
4 pltot tube associated sith a high-precision electronie pressure tans=
Acer, The dynamic behavior ofthe hotwire anemometer output signal
was analyzed by feeding these signals toa high-speed PC-based data-
acquisition system. The sampling rate and the elapsed time ofthe data-
acquisition system were set to 30,000 samples/s and 3s, respectively.
2.3, Flow visualization
Before air was supplied to the jet-generation chamber, it was fist
passed through a smoke generator io entrain smoke. The Mic seatering
technique [3] was applied to the smoke-seeded flow feld to visualize
‘he flow patterns by shinning a laser light sheet across the smoked flow.
The smoke was generated from a homemade smoke generator that con-
tained a nicke-chzomium ally spiral col and kerosene ol. The metalic
coil was heated by @ DC generator and regulated at an optimum output
to generate a large amount of oil mist. The diameter ofthe kerosene-cil,
mist, which was about 4.7 4 0.2 ym, was determined by the Malvern
2600 C particle analyzer. The density of the kerosene-oll mist was 5.31
keg. The Stokes numberof the smoke partiles was on the order of
10°S, which was significantly smaller than unity, indicating that the
smoke particles could follow the flow motion reasonably well (44). The
light source use to scatter the traces ofthe smoke particles was a con-
tinuous greenlight laser with a pover and a wavelength of 3 W and
'532:nm, respectively. By installing a cylindrical opie at the ext ofthe
Taser head, a thin planer laser ight-sheet of 0.5 mm in thickness was
obtained. Ths laser lghtsheet was aligned vertically across the x = 0
plane for flow visualization
Instantaneous flow images were captured with a highspeed dig-
tal camera (IDT Motion Pro 4). The camera had a complementary
‘metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) active monochrome sensor array of
1024 x 1024 pixels. The images were recorded ata frame rate of 600
frames per second (ps) with an exposure time of 0.6 ms. The frame rate
‘of 600 fps was cen times the pulsation frequency (60 Ha) so hat ten
consecutive images were captured within one pulsation cycle. A Nikkon
still eamera (Model D200) was used to record the Tong-exposure smoke
Flow images. The camera had a CMOS sensor of 6000 x 4000 pixels, The
exposure time of the long-exposure images ws 4.0 s, All images were
captured using the same iismination intensity ofthe laser Hightsheet,
exposure time, and image depth of field. These long-xposure images
were used to quantify the jet spread width (W) at various flow coadi-
‘ons to identity the lateral jet expansion characteristics. The binary edge
detection method proposed by Shapiro and Stockman (45) and used by
Huang and Hsu [46] and Murugan etal. [47] was employed to deter-
mine the boundaries of the smoked jets. The jet spread width at an axial
level was obtained by estimating the distance between the left and right
boundaries ofthe jets.
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2.4. Trocer-ga concentration detection
“The jet dispersion characterises were examined using the tracer
‘gas concentration detection method. The tracer gos used was carbon
10-8 m/s, re
spectively, which were close to the correspondingly values ofthe air
(of 28.97, 1.205 kg/m’, 1.801 x 107° kg/m, and 1.981 x 10° m/s
"Therefore, the jet dispersion properties were approximately simulated,
‘The probe used to sample the gas was a small-diameter, L-shaped
stainlese stel tube, The inner and outer diameters ofthe tube were 2.6
mm end 3 mm, respectively. The tip of the sampling probe was aimed
toward the upstream direction so thatthe L-shaped part ofthe sampling
‘probe stayed downstream, The mixture was continuously drawn into the
lip of the sampling probe by a suction pump. A dehumidiying system
was installed inthe piping system to remove redundant moisture. The
debumidified mixture was Finally directed into a nondspersive infrared
sas analyzer to measure the time-averaged carbon dioxide concentra
tons. The suction flow rate was preliminarily tested before the formal
‘measurements were performed. A suction flow rate of 800 cm /min was
selected because it caused almost negligible interference on the fow
Pattees upstream of the sample tp within the functioning rage ofthe
‘ga analyzer. Preliminary tests also showed that a sampling time longer
than 2 min was sufficient enough to obtain sablizd time-averaged con
‘entration dats. sampling time of about 5 min was employed forthe
present study,
2.5. Uncertainty estimation
Using the method proposed by Steele ea [8], the uncertainties of
the measurements were estimated using the following equation:
u,= (apse? en
‘where Us isthe uncertainty, B isthe bas limi ofthe estimation of Fixed
‘values and it should be 9586 ofthe experimente’s confidence, ad Ps
the precision limit of the measurement points or lack of repeatability
‘aused by the random ercors.
The measurements of present experimental study were repeated
‘more than 5 times eareflly to ensure the accuracy of the measured re.
sults. The leakage tests were firstly performed on the piping system and
‘the jet generation chamber. After that, the rotameters used to measure
‘the flov rates of air and CO,/N, gas mixture were separately calibrated
via a mass flovimeter. The hot-wire anemometer used to measure fow
velocities was calibrated using a Pitot tube with a high-precision elec
teoniepressue transducer. The hor-wire anemometer was calibrated ev
‘ery 3.04 hours o prevent from the aging eect of hot-wire probe. The
Dinary edge detection technique was used to Identify the Jet contours
‘and to obtain the jt spread widths from the long-exposure smoke flow
pictures using the iterative program executed in Matlab, The data were
‘obtained by averaging over 40 to 60 images of 4 sec exposure time. The
‘measurement uncertainties ofthe present stody are listed in Table 1
3 Results and diseussion
3.1. Jee velocity pulsations near the jet exits
“The non-dimensional jet velocities u/u, near the jet exits subjected
to various jet pulsation intensities J at an excitation Strouhal aumber
‘tg = 0106 are shown in Figs. 2(a<. The corresponding output signals
‘of the function generator and power amplifier (denoted by Fy and F,
respectively) are also marked inthe figures for comparison, The function
‘Benerator Output FE; was square waves of =8 V. The power amplifierRar, RF Mag ond Ca, 8
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the jets, were distorted bythe inductance of the loudspeaker voice coll
“The normalized instantaneous jt exit velocities uu, exhibited periogie
waveforms with a phase lag Ac when compared with B; and E., The
non-dimensional phase lags A1/P between the jet exit velocities and the
ower amplified sigoals F, were about 0.27, 0.21, 0.1, and 0.10 atthe
jet pulsation intensities 0.4, 0.8, 1.2, and 1.6, respectively. The non-
dimensional phase lags ACT were larger at low et pulsation intensities
and smaller at high pulsation intensities, These phare lags were induced,
by the butfer efact of the jet generation chamber.
‘The amplitudes of the periodic u/u, wave forms increased as the
jet pulsation intensity J increased, For example, the amplitude of u/,
signals was about 1.43 at [p = 0.4 (Fg. (8) and about 2.38 at I, = 0.8,
(ig. 200). A€ large pulsation intensities, 1p = 1.2 (ig. 2(2)) and 1.6
(Wig. 2€), the lower parts ofthe u/u, wave forms exhibited hump-ike
signals above the level of w/t, = 0 atthe end of each pulsation. The
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time-evolving velocity signals were compared with the corresponding
flow visualization video clips, and reverse flows (suction back) were
‘observed near the jer exis in the flow visualization movies within the
time periods ofthe hump-lke signals.
‘We Inferzed that these hump-lie wave forms ae induced by the “-
rection ambiguity” of the one-component hot-wire anemometers used
for measurement. We added dotted piecewise curves to mieror-reflect,
the hump-ike signals within those periods in Figs. 2(e and (dl) to present
the suction back phenomenon. These negative velocities near the jet ex
its were induced by the large jet pulsation intensities. Atlarge pusation
intensities, fy~1.2 (Pig. 2(6) and 1.6 (Fig, 26), the amplitudes of u/,
‘wore about 3.97 and 6.04, respectively, which were large than those at
Tow jet pulsation intensities without suction back.
“The digital fast Fourier transform (DEFT) method [49] was applied
to the time-evolving signals, and the power spectrum density func
tions © corresponding tothe instantaneous jet ext velocities shown in420246
afd
igs 2@)40) are show in igs. 2(€)-). In all Agures, the power spec-
trum density function exhibited many peaks. The first peaks in Figs 2(6)-
() correspond to the primary frequency ofthe signals, and the other
peaks in the high frequency domain with values smaller than those ofthe
first peaks were induced by the harmonics when calculating the power
spectrum density functions. The frst peak values in Figs. 2(e}h are
all atthe frequency f= 60 Fz, which corresponds tothe excitation fre-
quency fig Used i the work. The etext velocities faithfully responded.
to the acoustic excitations but with a time lag from the excitation sig
nals,
43.2, Instantaneous smoke flow pater
Fig 9 shows the instantaneous smoke flow patter in the z= 0 plane
ofthe non-pulsed dual parallel plane jet at Rey = 600. The jets emerged
from the parallel nozzles 1 and 2, and then traveled downstream. The
jet columns remained clearly separated aty/d < 5. Within this xia dis-
tance, the two jets delected very slightly toward the centerline, and very
litle smake was observed between the jets. The jt surfaces exhibited
instability waves induced by the shear effect ofthe ambient ar. At 5 <
1y/d-<10, the instability waves onthe et surfaces rolled up and formed
Coherent structures, The coherent structures grew in size with inereases|
in the axal distance and interacted with each other s0 thatthe smoke
filled the region within 5 < y/d < 10. The two jet columns deflected
toward che centerline significantly within 8 < y/d < 10 to form a neck
ing region. At y/d ~ 10, the inner coherent structures of the two jet
‘merged and mited together to form a single jet. Aty/d > 10, the outer
coherent structures ofthe two jets formed a vortex pair onthe surfaces
of the merged single jet and inereased in size. The vortices travelled
downstream, constricted inthe center part, and underweat a sma at
eral expansion at y/d = 14, At14 < y/d < 17, the traces of the large
vortices were stil distinguishable. Aty/d > 17, the coherent structures
broke up and disintegrated into turbulent eddies.
ig. # hows the instantaneous smoke low pattems in the 2 =O plane
ofthe pulsed dual parallel plane jets at Rey = 600 at various pulsation
intensities at an instant of = 0.6 from the beginning of 2 pulsation
cycle Ata pulsation intensity fp = 0.4, as shown in Fig. (2), an intial
‘mushtoom-shaped flow structure appeared near each jet exit due to the
pulsation ofthe jet. The inner parts ofthe votial structures interacted
‘wth each other so that thick smoke filed the space between the jets at
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xd x/d
ig. 4 Insantancous smoke flow pattems of pulsed dal plane Jets at vari
‘ous pulstion intensity 1 at a xed Strouhal number Sta = 0.106. Plane jet
‘Reynolds number Ke, = 60, Framing rate = 600 fps. Exposure time = 06 1.
‘y/d < 4, The jets underwent a constriction at y/d = 5, Two mushroom:
‘Shaped structures that evolved from the previous cycle of pulsation were
loctted downstream ofthe constriction ares. Around the center axis be
‘ween the two evolved downstream misshroom-thaped structures, there
‘was a narrow jet eolumn that evolved from the constriction area tothe
16, the coherent
seetures broke up and disintegrated Into Fine turbulent ees.
‘Ata pulsation intensity fp = 0.8, shown in Fig. (), the Mow pre
‘sented a pair of intial mushroom shaped structures near the etelts due
tothe pulsation, which was similar to that shown in ig, (a) fo ly = 04.
‘The jets constricted at y/d 6, and two large-sized mushroom-shaped
structures that evolved from previous cycle of pulsation were located
‘downstream ofthe constriction area. These two downstream mushroon
shaped structures appeared within & < y/d < 16. Because of the in
‘crease in J turbulent Auctuations were imposed on the dovnstream
mushroomshaped structures so that che ewo downstream mushroom
shaped structures were not as coherent a the images but were larger insize compared with those shown in Fig. (a) for Ip = 04. The jets
derwent a lateral expansion at about y/d = 9, an axial level lower than.
that of lateral expansion for I, = 0.4 shown in Tig. (a). At y/d > 26
the turbulent downstream mushroom-shaped structures broie up and
disintegrated into turbulent eddies.
'At @ pulsation intensity fp = 1.2, shown in Fig. 4(@), the inal
rmushroom-shaped strutures heat the jet exits became more turbulent
than their counterparts at fy = 0.4 and 0.8 shown in Figs. (a) and @),
respectively. The jets constricted around y/d = 8. A thin turbulent jt
column evolved dovinatream ofthe constriction ares. No clear images of
the downstream mushroom-shaped structures evolved fom the constric-
tion aea like those observed in igs. (a) and (b). The jets exhibited an
abrupt lateral expansion with fine curbulent eddies downstream of the
Constriction area. At pulsation intensity ly = 1.6, shown in Vig. 4),
the mushroomshaped structures near the et exits were strongly im-
posed by the large turbulence due to the stong pulsation intensity,
fausing the images of the structures tobe blurred The jets constricted
around y/d = 9. A narrow turbulent jet column evolved downstream
fom the constriction area, The jets exhibited an abrupt lateral expan-
sion with strong turbulence of fine eddies downstream ofthe constric-
tion area. The range ofthe lateral expansion was wide. Similar to that
observed at , = 1.2 in Fg. 4(2, no traces of downstream mushroom-
shaped structures that evolved from the jet consrition area were ob-
served.
In summary, an intial pair of mushroom-shaped structures formed
near the jet exits shorly after the pulsation cycle began. The subsequent
evolution behaviors ofthe jets were diferent at low and high pulsation
intensities, Palsing the jets at low pulsation intensities of about fy < 1.0
(a Ip = 04 and 08 in Figs. (8) and (), respectively) induced rel.
atively’ laminar initial mushroomshaped structure, while pulsing the
jets at high pulsation intensities of about Jy > 1.0 (fp = 1-2 and
16 in Figs, 4(€) and (@, respectively) caused relatively turbulent ini=
‘il mushroom shaped structures to form. After formation ofthe intial
‘mushroom-shaped structures, the jets constricted toward the center. At
low pulsation intensities, a pair of mushroom-shaped structures evolved
into the downstream region from the jet constriction area and under-
went a lateral expansion
‘At high pulsation intensities, there was no second par of mushroom
shaped structures dovmstream ofthe initial pair of mushroom-shaped
structures because as shown in the movies, the initial mushroom-shaped
structures evolved downstream and quickly broke up into turbulent ed
dies, This phenomenon was eaused by the strong vortex stretching effect
[42) induced by the intensive acceleration and deceleration of jet pul-
sations causing cascade of vortex stretching in three-dimensions, and
this caused the large-scale coherent structures to break up quickly into
fine turbulent eddies and decrease in axial momentum within a short
axial distance. Thus, the jets spread abruptly and widely inthe lateral
Aiection,
3.3. Long-xposure smoke flow patterns and et spread width
Fig. 5 shows the long-exposure smoke flow image inthe x= plane
ofthe non-pulsed dual parallel plane jets at Reg = 600. Near the jt exits,
the two Jets that ised from the nozzles 1 and 2 were delineated by two
bright, curved-inward narrow bands. Smoke Milled the region between
the jets, The lateral expansion ofthe smoke followed the necking area
at y/d 8 The outer boundaries of the smoke near the jet exits were
relatively sharper than those downstream of the necking area because
the jet flow ater lateral expansion became turbulent
Fig. 6 shows the long-exposure smoke flow patterns in the =O plane
ofthe pulsed dua parallel plane jets at Rey = 600 at various pulsation
intensities. all images shown in Fig. 6 exhibit a shore upright columa
of smoke near the jet exits and followed by an abrupt lateral expansion
The larger the et pulsation was, the larger the laeral expansion that was
seen. The lateral expansions ofthe pulsed dual parallel plane jets shown
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Fig. 5. Long-xposure smoke fw pater of nampa plane ets shwtng
timeaveraged flow behavorand qualitative e spread width, Plane je Reynos
In Pig. 6 are significantly more obvious than that shown in Fig. 5 forthe
‘non-pulsed jets.
"The 4s exporure images shown in Figs, Sand 6 were processed to
devermine the lateral jt spread width W using the binary edge dere
tion method of Shapizo and Stockman [45]. This method allocates the
left and right boundaries of the long-xposure smoke images ofthe jets
bby searching forthe local maximum grey-level gradients across an axial
level. The local maximum grey-level gradients would be found around
the jet boundaries. The distance between the locations ofthe left and
right maximum grey-level gradients aross the target axial level i taken
as the Jet spread width across that axial level. The caleulated results of
the lateral et spread width using che 4 s expesure smoke Images were
scattered because the 4s exposir time was not long enogh [45,47]
‘We therefore performed a preliminary test of averaging over multiple
4 5 exposure images. The results ofthe preliminary test indicated that
averaging over more than 15 smoke images of 4 s exposure could givea
‘converged steady value of jet widths, Pgs. ? shoves the non-dimensional
{et spread width Wad of che daca averaged over 20 images of 4s expo:
ig. 762) shows the nos-dimensional jet spread width W/d of the
non-pulsed an pulse jets with varying of the non-dimensional axial
distance y/d. The non-pulsed jets presented the smallest values among
the data, Aty/d < 8, the W/d value of the non-pulse Jets decreased
slightly with inereasing yd with an approximate average valle of about
6, which accords with the observation shown in Fg, 5. Aty/d> 8, W/dl
{increased gradually with increasing y/d, with an increase rave of about
5496, When the jets were pulsed, the initial jet columns at al jt psa
tion intensities exbibited a larger spread width than that with no pul
sation. At low jet pulsation intensities, ly = 0.4 and 0.8, the values of
W/d decreased slighty or almost remained constant with increasing y/d
However, at high jer pulsation intensities, Jp = 1.2 end 1.6, the vslues
‘of W/d increased slighty with increasing y/a. The Jet spread widths of
the pulse jets all exhibited an abrupt increase as y/d increased beyond
‘short distance from the jet exis. The distance from the jet exits where
the jets expanded abruptly became shorter asthe jet pulsation intensity
Jncreased. The W/ad values of the pulsed jets were markedly larger than
those of the non-pulsed jess inthe jet expansion region. For example
the value of W/d of the non-pulsed jets at y/d = 32 was only about 22,
while aty/d = 32, the values of Wi at J, = 04 and 1.6 were 48 and 67,
respectively. The increase rate of the jet spread width of the pulsed jets
‘was significantly larger than that ofthe non-puleed jets, For example,
the increase rates ofthe pulsed jets aty/d > 20 were almost all between
the values of 110% and 125%, which were significantly higher than the
‘value of 4586 for the non-pulsed jets.(@) p= 0.4
(b) p= 0.8
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detection method to meaveraged stoke ow patterns (2 vacations of W/d
With normalized aul distance y/, (D) variations of Wd wil jet pulsation
lates ey = 600, Se = 0-108,
Fig. 7(0) shows the effect of pulsation intensity on the non-
dimensional jet width of the non-pulsed and pulsed jets. The non-
dimensional Isteral jet spread wicths of the non-pulsed jets = 0) at
the axial Tevels corresponding to those of the pulsed jets were relatively
the inital je column ofthe dua jets is reiced because of the decrease
‘ofthe axial length ofthe recirculation zone [36
ig. 6 presents results for the non-dimensional length Ly/d of the
intial jt column. The value of Ly/d of the non-pulsed jets was large,
about 8.05. Ar the smal jet pulsation intensity off, = 0.4, the value of
1by/d decreased a litle compared with that ofthe non-pulsed jets. As the
{et pulsation intensity increased, the value of ly/d decreased quickly.
‘Compared with the Ly/d of the non-pulsed jets, the non-dimensional
Inia jet column lengths at fy = 0.4, 08, 1.2, and 1.6 decreased by
about 3.1, 9:3, 21,7, and 51.6%, respectively.Rar, Magan CM. Hs
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Figs. {@)(d) show the non-dimensional instantaneous velocities
tu. measured in the shear layers of the initial jet eolumas of the
pilse jets, All of the velocity histories exhib
‘ause the mushroom-shaped structures swept over the measurement lo-
cation. Fach periodic eyele of the velocity signals occupied an acoustic
pulsation period, meaning that one pulsation quickly caused the et low
to exit the nozzle, form a mushroom-shaped structure near the Jet ext,
and then travel downstream, The amplitudes of the periodic velocities
increased with increases inthe jet pulsation intensity. Therefore, the
velocities ofthe initial mushroom-shaped structure near the jt exit re-
sion increased a J, increased. The imposed turbulent fluctuations also
increased in magnitude as the et pulsation intensity increased, confirm-
ing the flow visualization images shown in Fig. 4
"The power spectrum density functions @ in the frequency domain
‘shown in Figs 9{e)(3) correspond othe instantaneous velocities shown
ln Figs. 9(@)@), respectively. All ofthe figures forthe power specrumm
density functions exhibited a primary peak at 60 Hz, which was the
excitation frequency (corresponding 0 an exclation Steouhal number
of 0.106). The value of the primary peak of the power spectrum den-
sity function @ increased a the jet pulsation intensity fy increased be-
‘cause the amplitude ofthe periodic velocity signals increased with in-
‘ereases inf. The ober peaks that appeared at frequencies higher than
the frequency corresponding tothe primary peak and had smaller mag.
nitudes of © were subharmonics induced curing the calculation process
sing the DFFT method. Hg. 9 shows that pulsating the jts induced the
‘mushroom-shaped structures (a shown in Fig. 4), which dominated the
‘dynamic behavior ofthe pulsed jets and therefore the time-averaged
appearances of te jets. The spectrum analysis reveals that the inst
Diy in the shear layer is due tothe faster and stronger development
‘of the fundamental vortex appearing in the outer and inner shear lay
ers as examined by Lai and Nase [36]. The instability of shear layer
‘becomes stronger asthe jet pulsation intensity increases. The high fe
‘quency peaks in the spectra were also observed in the shear layers of
the excited plan jet by Thomas (50 and in the excited circular jet by
Zaman and Hussain (51)
"ig. 10 shows the lateral distributions of the normalized mean axial
velocities tyq/p at various aia levels. Aty/d=6 (Fig. 10(@), the nor-
‘malized mean axial velocity distributions exhibited self-similar profes
for the non-pulsed and pulsed jets. The lateral distributions of tye/ty
‘exhibited dual peaks at x/d ~ 42.5 in the paths ofthe jets and had deep
valleys around the centerline x/d = 0, The valleys indicated that the ax
fal level y/d = 6 was within the merging region, which is between the
‘merging and combined points [9,10,17,36,52-55]. The uyy/ty values
‘of the non-pulsed jets were lower than those of the pulsed jets. WithRr RF Mag and Ca, 9
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Shoes of ron-palsed and pulsed deal plane jets a various 3.
Jal distances 9/4 Plane jet Reynolds number Rey ~ 600, Strohl
| numbers, 008.
pulsations the values of taye/ty increased with inreases inthe jet pul-
‘sation intensity, The peak values of ug/g ofthe pulsed jets ap = 1.6
reached about 1.5, which is about 25 times of that (= 0.6) ofthe non-
pulsed jets, At y/d = 12 (Pig. 1000), the tye/uy values were smaller
than those at y/d = 6 (Fig. 10(@)) because the axial momentum ofthe
Jets decreased with increases in the axial distance. The differences be-
‘ween the values ofthe peaks and valleys aty/d = 12 were not as large
those aty/d = 6 because the profiles became a litle fate. The shal-
low valleys implied that the axial level y/d = 12 was still within the
merging region but was closer to approaching the combined point than
those in Fig. 10().
[Aty/d= 18 and 24, a8 shown in Figs. 10(¢) and (), respectively, the
‘dual-peak patterns disappeared, The non-pled ets had a Gaussian ike
profile resembling tha ofa single jet, indicating thatthe two jets com-
bined and conserved momentum (9,10,17,36,52-85]- The axal momen
tum ofthe combined non-pulsed jets was concentrated around the enter
core, The pulsed jets exhibited relatively flattened lateral velocity die-
toibutions compared with those at y/d = 6 and 12 and with those ofthe
non-pulsed jes. This phenomenon implies that the axial momentums
ofthe pulsed jets spread laterally faster than those of the non-pulsed
jets It also implies thatthe axial levels ofthe combined points of the
Pld jets were located more upstream than those ofthe non-pulsed
jets. In general, the larger axial-momentum loss due to the higher jet
pulsation intensity ultimately results in enhancing the mixing process
by allowing jets to expand in lateral directions, Similarly, the effet of
jet pulsation intensities on the axial velocity is observed in the swicing
Aouble-concentric jets by Jular et al. (21),
ig. 11 shows the lateral distributions ofthe axial turbulence inten-
sites wu, at various axial levels. Aty/d = 6 (Fig. 12(@), the axa tur.
boulence intensities exhibited dua-peak profiles for both the non-pulsed
and pulsed jets. The peak values of the non-pulse jets were about 12%
‘The axial turbulence intensities of the pulsed jets were significantly
larger than those of the non-pulsed jets. The larger the jet pulsation
Intensity was the higher the axel turbulence intensity. The peak values
‘of u/s ofthe pulsed jets at = 1.6 were markedly high—about 110%,
‘whieh was about 9.2 times that (12%) of the non-pulsed jes
‘he dual-peak patterns beeame inereasingly less appazent a the ax
{al distance increased, The axial turbulence intensities of the pulsed jets
decreased quickly 25 the axial distance inereased. However, fr in the
‘non-pulsed jets, the axial turbulence intensities decrease slowly a5 the
axial distance increased. For example, at y/d = 24, the values of w/t,
‘decreased to about 25% at fy = 1.6. With no pulsation, the values of
Lg were lower than 10% because the axial momentum of the pulsed
{ets spread laterally significantly faster than forthe non pulsed jets. The
‘turbulence intensities remain hgh in the outer shear layer in the pulsed
‘ease are associated with the local development of mushroom-shaped
structures, which has been attributed by Thomas (50) for the exited
planar je.
35. Time and length scales of turbulence inthe centerline
Fig. 12 shouts the typical autocorrelation coefficients Ry (42) of
‘the aval velocity fluctuations in the centerlnes of the non-pulsed and
pulsed jets measured at (x/d, y/a) = (0, 6). The autocorrelation coef
cient rfiects he extent zat the past history is related to a given event.
‘The symbol r denotes the shift ine in performing convotution calcu
Lions for Ry The autocorrelation coefficient of the axial velocity ue
twations ofthe non-pulsed jets shown in Fig. 12(a) decreased fom unity
at r= 0 tozeroat ¢ = 65.7 ms, followed by small uctuations at ¢ > 65.7
sms. The sift time + = 65.7 ms corresponding to the fst zero crossing
‘ofthe autocorrelation coefficient denotes the statsticl turbulence time
scale. The statistical turbulence time scale is usually presented using
‘the Lagrangian integral time scale +, 42], which isan artificial quan
tity sed to roughly estimate the statcical time interval of the macro
scale turbulent eddies, The value ofthe Lagrangian integral time scale
In Fig, 12) forthe non-pulsed jets measured at (e/a y/d) = (0, 6) was
5, = 32.8 msRar, Magan CM. Hs
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fous normalized axial distances y/d, Plane jet Reynolds number
eq ~ 600, Sohal number Sg ~ 0.10.
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‘The avtocorrelation coeficient ofthe axial velocity uctuations of
the pulsed jets shown in Fig. 12(b) decreased sharply fom unity at
to null @t r= 3.96 ms, followed by periodic wave forms at ¢ > 3.96
rms. The Lagrangian integral time scale in Fig. 1200) forthe pulsed jets
measured at (x/d y/a) = (0, 6) was r= 198 ms, which was markedly
‘smaller than that othe corresponding non-pulsed jets. The jet pulsations
induced the fst breakup ofthe coherent structures into fine turbulent
‘eddies because of the vortex-stretching effect, so the time scale ofthe
pulsed jets was significantly smaller thax that ofthe non-pulsed ets. The
Periodic wave forms tha appeared inthe tal parts ofthe autocorrelation
‘coefficient were induced by the et pulsations. The period ofthe periodic
wave forms was 16.7 ms, which with inversion equaled jet pulsation
frequency of 60 Ha.
“The normalized Lagrangian integral time Scales =/Tixe with Vary
lng jet pulsation incensities fate shown in Fig. 13(@. The normalized
Lagrangian integral time cals Fj /Tox of the axial velocity Mutuations
measured at (x/d, y/€) = (0, 6) remained at small and almost unchanged
values of about 0.13 when the jet pulsation intensity was increased. For
the aval levels downstream of y/d = 6, the values of ¢:/Taye became
larger than that at (xd, y/a) = (0, 6). The higher the axial level was,
the larger the normalized Lagrangian integral timescale. Moreover, at
the same axial level, ¢,/Toe decreased quickly as che jet pulsation inten-
sity increesed. At he high pulsation intensity of, = 1.6, the normalized
[Lagrangian integral time scales at al axial levels decreased to small val-
ues of almost the same magnitude. The jet pulsations hada strong effec
‘on reducing the time scales of the turbulent eds. The larger the jt
pulsation intensity was, the smaller the Lagrangian integral time scale of
turbulent eddy, Because the inital mushroom.shaped structures broke
‘up into fine turbulent eddies quickly after the constrition are, the time
scales of the turbulent eddies decreased asthe jt pulsation intensity in-
creased
‘The Lagrangian integral length scales L, of the macro-scale rurbu-
lence eddies (56) can be estimated by using the Lagrangian time scales
rand Taylors frozen flow field hypothesis (51). Taylor’ frozen flow
fold hypothesis assumes thatthe time derivatives of flow properties can
‘be obtained approximately by multiplying the local time-averaged flow
velocity by the spatial derivative ofthe properties ithe turbulent eddies
passing the observation point are fast enough thatthe properties do not
hange substantially ding the passing time. Figure 136) shows the
‘normalized Lagrangian integral length scales I./d eaeutated using #,
and Taylors frozen flow field hypothesis. The value of ./d ata fixed
axial level decreased asthe jt pulsation intensity increased because the
effect of vortex stretching increased as the jet pulsation intensity in
creased. Ata fixed jet pulsation intensity, the value ofl increased
1s the axial level increased because the vortex stretching was more ef
fective in the near feld so the turbulent eddies were smaller because
‘of the cascade of turbulence kinetic energy. These results coincide with
‘the flow visualizations shown in Fig, 4
3.6. Dispersions of jt fluids
ig. 14 shows the lateral distributions of the carbon dioxide con
‘centrations measured by the tracer gas detection method. At y/d = 6
(ig. (a), dual-peak distribution profiles were observed forthe non
pulsed jets A peak value of about 4% appeared in the path of each indi
vidual jt. The eoncenteaton profiles ofthe pulsed jess exhibited humps
around the central area because the jets merged earlier (Cig. 4) and the
Initial jet column became shorter (Fig. 6) compared with those of the
‘non-pulsed jets (Pigs. 8 and 5). When the acoustic excitations were ap
plied tothe jets, the carbon dioxide concentrations became lower than
those ofthe non-pulsd jets and decreased as the jet pulsation intensity
‘increased. At low pulsation intensities, the carbon dioxide concentra
tons were appreciably smaller than those of the non-pulsd jets. For ex
ample, the peak values of the carbon dioxide concentrations were about
2.5% at J, = 0.4. At high pulsation intensities, the carbon dioxide con
‘centrations were markedly lower than those ofthe non-pulsed ets. The
peak carbon dioxide concentration values decreased to about 0.6% at
1, = 1.6. Aty/d= 12 (Pig. 14(D), the earbon-dioxide concentrations ofRar, Marg ond CM.
10 eee 20 ye sea)
Fig. 12. Typical autocorrelation coefcens of axle veloc Mustustons at
(x 9/2) =(0, 8) (a) noa-pulsed es, () pulsed Jets at y= 1.2, Se = 0.1087.
Re, = 600,
‘he non-pulsed jets exhibited a large central peak of about 4.5% because
the axial fevel was inthe merging region between the merging and com
bined points (8,10,17,36,52-55]. The carbon dioxide concentrations of
the pulsed jets were smaller than those at y/d» 6
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ans at several ail sages y/d (3) Lagrangian itepral tie sale, /Tee ()
Lagrangian feral length Seale /a Pane jet Reypols number ey 600,
‘Soubal umber Sige = 0.106
‘Aty/d'= 18 and 24, as shown in Figs. 14() and (4), respectively, the
‘concentration profiles of the non-pulsed jets exhibited large values for
‘the humps around che center part because the aval levels were within
‘the combined region [9,10,17,36,52-55]. The values of the pulsed jess
‘were significantly smaller than those ofthe non-pulsed jes. Aty/d'= 24,
the carbon dioxide concentration profiles exhibited humps in the center
50 T
(id= 12
Fig, 14. Lateral distributions of carbor-dionde concentrasons C af
onepled snd pled jar at vere aleve 9/d ne et
a all -] ey uty = 66, Sha mbes Sne = 0308
30 4b 4
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index Pane jet Reynolds amber Rey ~ 600, Stouhel namber Stax ~ 0.206.
cone regions. At fp = 1.6, the values of the central hump ofthe pulsed
Jets decreased to ‘only about 0.5%, which was deastieally lower than
{hat (4.684) ofthe non-pulsed jets. The lateral dispersions ofthe jet Mu
ids ofthe pulsed jets were clearly significantly better than those ofthe
non-pulsed ets. Aydemir eta (57) discussed Garib et als (58) results
for the strongly forced round jet. They concluded that increase in the
pulsation intensity could increase the circulation of vortex rings, and
therefore results in an increase inthe entrainment and dispersion rate
The results of Aydemir etal. (57) agree with the results of Huang eta.
(32) and the present study
The mixing capabilites of the non-pulsed and pulsed ets ean be com-
pared quantitatively using a centerline concentration reduction index
defined in Fo (1) as follows
(Cxseret ~ Grin ss
1 “
(Conmpaise) jane
Where Cups 84 Cyuey denote the carbon dioxide concentration at
the centerline x/d = 0'f the non-pulsed and puleed jets, respectively.
igure 15 shows the effect ofthe jet pulsation intensity onthe center-
line concentration reduction index 7 a several axial level. At all axial
levels, the centerline concentration reduction index m increased as the
jet pulsation intensity increased.
[At the lw et pulsation intensity of fy = 0.4, the values of m were in
the range of 25.37% at y/d = 6-24, ALthe high jt pulsation intensity
Of fy = 1.6, the values of y were increased to the ange of 74.82% at
‘yd 6-24, Massive reduction in the centerline carbon dioxide concen-
trations were obtained when the jets were excited, particularly at the
high jet pulsation intensities. In other words, comparing with the non-
pulsed jets, the mixing capability was significantly improved a high jet
pulsation intensities. The mixing index results are in good agreement
With that reported by Jufar et al. [31]
4. Conclusions
‘The effects of pulsation intensity on the flow and dispersion charac-
teristes of pulsed dual parallel plane jets were studied experimentally
The following conclusions were drawn based onthe results of study
1 With mo pulsation, instability waves induced by the shear effect
of the ambient air appeared on the surfaces of the dual parallel
plane jets near the jet exits. The instability waves onthe jet sucfaces
evolved into rollups and formed colerent structures as the axial dis-
tance increased, The coherent structures grew in size os the axial
stance increased, interacted with eachother, deflected toward the
centerline, merged into a single jet because of the merging ofthe in-
ner vortices, and then constricted in the center part and underwent
‘smal lateral expansion beeause of the breakup of the coherent
structures
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2 When the jets were pulsed, 2 par of intial mushroom shaped struc
tures was formed near the jet exits shortly after the pulsation cycle
began. Relatively laminar and turbulent inital mushroom-shaped
structures were Induced at low and high jet pulsation intensities,
respectively, At low pulsation intensities, the jets constricted to
ward the center at the top of the inital mushcoom-shaped struc
tures, evolved into a downstream pair of mushroom-shaped struc
tures, and then broke up into turbulent eddies with a notably wide
lateral expansion because of the loss of axial momentum, At high
pulsation intensities, because of the strong vortex stretching effect
induced by the intensive acceleration and deceleration of et pulse
tions, the jets broke up into fine turbulent eddies and underwent a
wide and abrupt lateral expansion downstream of the initial rurb-
Jent mushroom shaped structures.
‘The lateral spread widths of the pulsed jets were drastically larger
than those of the non-pulsed jets. The larger the pulsation intensity
was, the wider the jets expanded laterally downstream ofthe in
{isl musheoomeshaped strictures. The axial Tength of the inal jet
columa located upsizeam the lateral expansion decreased asthe jet
pulsation intensity increased.
4 The larger the pulsation intensity was, the higher the turbulence in
tensity. The time and length scales ofthe turbulent eddies decreased
as the jet pulsation intensity inereased beeause the mushroom:
shaped structures generated by the jet pulsations broke up into
smaller turbulent eddies at high jet pulsation intensities because of
the strong vortex-stretching effet.
‘Tae dispersion capability ofthe jt fuids was significantly enhanced
by increasing the jet pulsation intensity. The marked improvement
{nthe dispersion of the et fluids was Induced by the character
fstes of the flow field (eg, the formation and breakup of the
‘mushroom-shaped structures, te enbanced turbulence intensities,
and the abropt expansion ofthe jets) caused by the pulsations ap
pliod to the jets.
5. Future perspectives
“The effect of spacing between the dual parallel plane jets should play
‘an important role on the flow and dispersion. Understanding the spacing
‘lfect when the jets subject tothe excitation may be considered inthe
future. The particle image velocimetry (PIV) can be employed forthe
in-depth physics ofthe coherent structure development, instability, and
vorticity, which play significant roles inthe dynamics of entrainment
and mixing processes. The effec of erossfiow onthe excited dual parallel
plane jets an also be investigate inthe future
Declaration of Competing Interest
The authors declare that they have no known competing financial
Interests oF personal relationships that could have appeared to influence
the work reported in this paper.
(CRediT authorship contribution statement
Sanjay Kumar: Data curation, Weiting- original drat. Rong Fung
‘Huang: Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing -review
‘editing, Ching Min Hsu: Visualization, Investigation, Writing review
eciting
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