Jet Flow (jet + flow)

Distribution by Scientific Domains


Selected Abstracts


Clinical and Echocardiographic Aspects of Mid-Ventricular Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, Issue 6 2005
Francisco Martínez Baca-López M.D.
Three cases of patients with hypertropic cardiomyopathy, apical aneurysm, and mid-ventricular obstruction are presented. Two patients were diagnosed first by two-dimensional and Doppler echocardiography, which showed mid-ventricular obliteration, characteristic hourglass image, and paradoxic jet flow. One patient with suboptimal echocardiogram was necessary to perform contrast echocardiogram. Clinical picture was characterized by angina and dyspnea. Thallium myocardial imaging revealed perfusion abnormalities in apical region, ischemia or necrosis. Cardiac catheterism showed mid-ventricular obliteration and significant intraventricular gradient and coronary arteries angiography without lesions. [source]


Fluid flow and heat transfer characteristics of cone orifice jet (effects of cone angle)

HEAT TRANSFER - ASIAN RESEARCH (FORMERLY HEAT TRANSFER-JAPANESE RESEARCH), Issue 4 2009
Mizuki Kito
Abstract The use of a jet from an orifice nozzle with a saddle-backed-shape velocity profile and a contracted flow at the nozzle exit may improve the heat transfer characteristics on an impingement plate because of its larger centerline velocity. However, it requires more power to operate than a common nozzle because of its higher flow resistance. We therefore initially considered the use of a cone orifice nozzle to obtain better heat transfer performance as well as to decrease the flow resistance. We examined the effects of the cone angle , on the cone orifice free jet flow and heat transfer characteristics of the impinging jet. We compared two nozzles: a pipe nozzle and a quadrant nozzle. The first one provides a velocity profile of a fully developed turbulent pipe flow, and the second has a uniform velocity profile at the nozzle exit. We observed a significant enhancement of the heat transfer characteristics of the cone orifice jets at Re=1.5×104. Using the cone orifice impinging jets enhanced the heat transfer rates as compared to the quadrant jet, even when the jets were supplied with the same operational power as the pipe jet. For instance, a maximum enhancement up to approximately 22% at r/do,0.5 is observed for ,=15°. In addition, an increase of approximately 7% is attained as compared to when the pipe jet was used. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Heat Trans Asian Res; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/htj.20243 [source]


The effect of jet array arrangement on the flow characteristics of the outlet hole in short confined channels

HEAT TRANSFER - ASIAN RESEARCH (FORMERLY HEAT TRANSFER-JAPANESE RESEARCH), Issue 1 2008
Liu Haiyong
Abstract This experimental study is part of the research program related to the aerodynamic characteristics of impingement in a confined channel. Experimental research on better understanding flow structure in confined channel with impingement cooling is rarely found in open literature. The main purposes of this project are (1) gaining greater insight into the structure of the impingement jet flow and flow in the outlet hole; (2) understanding the effect of impingement hole arrangement build up on the flow structure and aerodynamic parameters within holes and channels with different aspect ratios. The test models are two confined channels with three staggered circular jet holes, and a single large size outlet hole placed downstream of the jet plate. The structure parameters of these orifices are different. In this paper, detailed flow field in the outlet hole was measured with a straight five-hole probe, and the discharge coefficient of outlet holes with different aspect ratios was also studied in each channel. Experimental data shows that the jet arrangement has little influence on the flow behavior of the outlet hole when the aspect ratio of the passage was 1, but it played an important role on the discharge coefficient. Distinctively different flow patterns were found in two models with the aspect ratios of 3 and 5, while the variation of the discharge coefficient showed a slight influence on impingement hole arrangement. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Heat Trans Asian Res, 37(1): 20,28, 2008; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/htj.20188 [source]


Finite-element/level-set/operator-splitting (FELSOS) approach for computing two-fluid unsteady flows with free moving interfaces

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR NUMERICAL METHODS IN FLUIDS, Issue 3 2005
Anton Smolianski
Abstract The present work is devoted to the study on unsteady flows of two immiscible viscous fluids separated by free moving interface. Our goal is to elaborate a unified strategy for numerical modelling of two-fluid interfacial flows, having in mind possible interface topology changes (like merger or break-up) and realistically wide ranges for physical parameters of the problem. The proposed computational approach essentially relies on three basic components: the finite element method for spatial approximation, the operator-splitting for temporal discretization and the level-set method for interface representation. We show that the finite element implementation of the level-set approach brings some additional benefits as compared to the standard, finite difference level-set realizations. In particular, the use of finite elements permits to localize the interface precisely, without introducing any artificial parameters like the interface thickness; it also allows to maintain the second-order accuracy of the interface normal, curvature and mass conservation. The operator-splitting makes it possible to separate all major difficulties of the problem and enables us to implement the equal-order interpolation for the velocity and pressure. Diverse numerical examples including simulations of bubble dynamics, bifurcating jet flow and Rayleigh,Taylor instability are presented to validate the computational method. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source]


Numerical simulation of turbulent free surface flow with two-equation k,, eddy-viscosity models

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR NUMERICAL METHODS IN FLUIDS, Issue 4 2004
V. G. Ferreira
Abstract This paper presents a finite difference technique for solving incompressible turbulent free surface fluid flow problems. The closure of the time-averaged Navier,Stokes equations is achieved by using the two-equation eddy-viscosity model: the high-Reynolds k,, (standard) model, with a time scale proposed by Durbin; and a low-Reynolds number form of the standard k,, model, similar to that proposed by Yang and Shih. In order to achieve an accurate discretization of the non-linear terms, a second/third-order upwinding technique is adopted. The computational method is validated by applying it to the flat plate boundary layer problem and to impinging jet flows. The method is then applied to a turbulent planar jet flow beneath and parallel to a free surface. Computations show that the high-Reynolds k,, model yields favourable predictions both of the zero-pressure-gradient turbulent boundary layer on a flat plate and jet impingement flows. However, the results using the low-Reynolds number form of the k,, model are somewhat unsatisfactory. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source]


Simulation of particle migration in free-surface flows

AICHE JOURNAL, Issue 10 2010
Kyung Hoon Min
Abstract The migration of particles in free surface flows using the diffusive flux model was investigated. As the free-surface flows, a planar jet flow and a slot coating flow were chosen. The suspension was assumed to be a Newtonian fluid with a particle concentration dependent viscosity. The governing equations were solved numerically by the finite volume method, and the free-surface problem was handled by the volume of the fraction model. The result shows that even though the velocity profile is fully developed and becomes flat, the particle distribution never reaches the uniform distribution for both of the cases. It is also shown that the die swell of the free jet is reduced compared to the Newtonian fluid and when the particle loading is 0.5, die contraction is observed. The change in die swell characteristics is purely due to particle migration since the suspension model does not show normal stress differences. © 2010 American Institute of Chemical Engineers AIChE J, 2010 [source]


Prediction of Droplet Velocities and Rain Out in Horizontal Isothermal Free Jet Flows of Air and Viscous Liquid in Stagnant Ambient Air

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY (CET), Issue 11 2007
S. Al Rabadi
Abstract Two-dimensional phase Doppler anemometer measurements of droplet size and velocity conducted under several nozzle conditions and a systematic variation of the air mass flow quality and liquid phase viscosity show that the air entrainment process is enhanced when keeping all test conditions constant except for increasing the Newtonian liquid viscosity above of that of water. A two-zone entrainment model based on a variable two-phase entrainment coefficient is proposed with the normalized axial distance allowing for a change in the jet angle. Thus, the jet perimeter is lower and the breakup length is longer in the case of air/relatively higher viscosity liquid phase. It provides the most accurate reproduction of the experimental droplet velocity in comparison with that of other models in the literature and, hence, is recommended for the prediction of the droplet velocity in the case of two-phase air/liquid phase free jet flow in stagnant ambient air. A model for predicting the droplet rain out, considering the droplet trajectories in the free jet flow, allows also for an adequate reproduction of the experimental data. [source]