Resumen
The current study addresses the effect of different designs of the exhaust mixer and aft-deck on the performance of a two-dimensional convergent nozzle represented by the internal and external flows and heat transfer process. The effect of different exhaust mixer cone angles of 10°, 15°, and 20°, and different aft-deck lengths of 140 mm, 280 mm, and 420 mm on the nozzle performance was investigated. To address the effect of an aft-deck, the flow behavior of a nozzle with an aft-deck was compared to that of a nozzle without an aft-deck. Then, the effect of different aft-deck lengths and different aft-decks with rectangular and trapezoid shapes was investigated. The results demonstrated that increasing the mixer cone angle resulted in decreasing the high-temperature core flow and increasing the low-temperature bypass flow. Increasing the mixer cone angle resulted in reducing the velocity inside the nozzle and at the exhausted jet, which can reduce the noise generated by the engine. Furthermore, increasing the mixer cone angle decreased the internal temperature of the nozzle and, along with the exhausted jet, decreased the infrared radiation. The results also illustrated that the presence of the aft-deck resulted in decreasing the pressure, temperature, and velocity inside the nozzle. The aft-deck also decreased the length and size of the potential core. The aft-deck length had no clear effect on the internal flow. However, increasing the aft-deck length resulted in a decrease in the exhaust gas temperature, which can decrease the infrared radiation. On another hand, using trapezoid and triangle aft-deck can enhance the performance of the nozzle by decreasing the velocity and temperature inside the nozzle and at the exhausted jet.