Although there have recently been various studies on synthetic jets, many issues remain to be clarified, including details of the structure, Coanda effect and thrust characteristics. The present study clarifies some fundamental flow characteristics of synthetic jets near a rigid boundary by experiments and numerical simulations. In addition, a thruster model using the Coanda effect of synthetic jets is proposed and thrust characteristics are evaluated. As the main results, the flow of a synthetic jet near a rigid boundary is visualized and the trajectory of a vortex pair is demonstrated. It is confirmed that the flow patterns of the synthetic jets near a rigid boundary depend on H/b0 (offset ratio, normalized step height). The behavior of the asymmetric synthetic jets caused by the presence of the rigid wall was observed experimentally and the results were compared with numerical data. Furthermore, typical flow patterns around the proposed synthetic jet thruster and its thrust characteristics curves are shown.
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A Study on the Coanda Effect and the Thrust Characteristics of Synthetic Jets
Iwasaki, T, Nishibe, K, Sato, K, Yokota, K, & Kang, D. "A Study on the Coanda Effect and the Thrust Characteristics of Synthetic Jets." Proceedings of the ASME 2014 4th Joint US-European Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting collocated with the ASME 2014 12th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels. Volume 1B, Symposia: Fluid Machinery; Fluid-Structure Interaction and Flow-Induced Noise in Industrial Applications; Flow Applications in Aerospace; Flow Manipulation and Active Control: Theory, Experiments and Implementation; Multiscale Methods for Multiphase Flow; Noninvasive Measurements in Single and Multiphase Flows. Chicago, Illinois, USA. August 3–7, 2014. V01BT10A016. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/FEDSM2014-21250
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