Mixing characteristics of forced mixers with scalloped lobes

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 305-311

  Yu, Simon C M ^a,b,c   Yip, T H ^a,b   Liu, C Y ^a,b,c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMOMETERS; ASPECT RATIO; MIXERS (MACHINERY); MIXING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY; VORTEX FLOW;

FIBER OPTIC LASER DOPPLER ANEMOMETER; FORCED MIXERS; SCALLOPED LOBES;

TURBOFAN ENGINES;

EID: 0031097941     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.5164     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Presz, W. M., Blinn, R. F., and Morin, B., "Short Efficient Ejector Systems," AIAA Paper 87-1837, Jan. 1987.
2. Presz, W. M., Gousy, R., and Morin, B., "Forced Mixer Lobes in Ejector Design," Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 4, No. 4, 1988, pp. 350-360.
3. Presz, W. M., Reynolds, G., and McCormick, D., "Thrust Augmentation Using Mixer-Ejector-Diffuser Systems," AIAA Paper 94-0020, Jan. 1994.
4. Paterson, R. W., "Turbofan Mixer Nozzle Flowfield - A Bench-mark Experimental Study," Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, Vol. 106, 1984, pp. 692-698.
5. Barber, T., Paterson, R. W., and Skebe, S. A., "Experimental Investigation of Three-Dimensional Forced Mixer Lobe Flowfields," AIAA Paper 88-3785, Jan. 1988.
6. Eckerle, W. A., Sheibani, H., and Awad, J., "Experimental Measurement of the Vortex Development Downstream of a Lobed Forced Mixer," Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, Vol. 114, 1992, pp. 63-71.
7. McCormick, D. C., and Bennett, J. C., Jr., "Vortical and Turbulent Structure of a Lobed Forced Mixer Free-Shear Layer," AIAA Journal, Vol. 32, No. 9, 1994, pp. 1852-1859.
8. Yu, S. C. M., Yeo, J. H., and Teh, J. K. L., "Velocity Measurements Downstream of Lobed Forced Mixers with Different Convoluted Trailing Edge Configurations," Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 13, No. 1, 1995, pp. 87-97.
9. Weygandt, J. H., and Mehta, R. D., "Effects of Streamwise Vorticity Injection on a Plane Turbulent Wake," AIAA Journal, Vol. 33, No. 1, 1995, pp. 6-93.
10. O'Sullivan, M. N., Waitz, I. A., Greitzer, E. M., Tan, C. S., and Dawes, W. N., "A Computational Study of Viscous Effects on Lobed Mixer Flow Features and Performance," Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 12, No. 3, 1996, pp. 449-456.
11. Manning, T. A., "Experimental Studies of Mixing Flows with Streamwise Vorticity," M.S. Thesis, Massachusetts Inst. of Technology, Cambridge, MA, Sept. 1991.
12. Durst, F., Melling, A., and Whitelaw, J. H., Principles and Practice of Laser Doppler Anemometry, Academic, 1981.
13. Maclaughlin, D. K., and Tiederman, W. G., "Biasing Correction for Individual Realization of the Laser Anemometry Measurements in Turbulent Flow," Physics of Fluids, Vol. 16, 1972, pp. 2082-2089.
14. Yanta, W. J., and Smith, R. A., "Measurement of Turbulent Transport Properties with a Laser-Doppler Velocimeter," AIAA Paper 73-169, Jan. 1973.
15. Yu, S. C. M., Xu, X. G., and Yip, T. H., "The Effects of Initial Boundary Layer Thicknesses to the Trailing Streamwise Vorticity in a Lobed Forced Mixer," Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 14, No. 2, 1996, pp. 440-442.