Visualization of Interacting Parallel Supersonic Free Jets using NO-LIF

  • Niimi Tomohide (Department of Electronic-Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, Nagoya University) ;
  • Ishida Toshihiko (Department of Electronic-Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, Nagoya University)
  • Published : 2001.12.01

Abstract

The flow field structures of two interacting parallel supersonic free jets are studied by flow visualization using planar laser-induced fluorescence of NO seeded in nitrogen gas. The experiments are carried out for several distances between two orifice centers and for various ratios of the pressure in the reservoir to that in the expansion chamber. The flow fields are visualized mainly on the plane including two jet centerlines and its characteristic shock system, especially a cell structure formed secondly by interaction of two jets, are analyzed. The positions of the normal shock depending on the pressure ratios are also compared.

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