Numerical simulation of circular synthetic jets with asymmetric forcing profiles

Open Mechanical Engineering Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-7

  Thomas, Ann Marie ^a   Abraham, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Induced co flow; Momentum flux; Propulsion; Sawtooth forcing; Synthetic jet

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL GEOMETRY; CIRCULAR CHANNELS; CO-FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL INVESTIGATION; EXTERNAL FLOW; FLUID DOMAIN; FLUID FLOW; FLUID MOTIONS; MASS FLUX; MOMENTUM FLUX; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; SAWTOOTH PROFILE; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SYNTHETIC JETS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUIDS; JETS; ORIFICES; PROPULSION;

MOMENTUM;

EID: 78651550380     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1874155X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874155X01004010001     Document Type: Article

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