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Influence of the Mesh Topology on the Accuracy of Modelling Turbulent Natural and Excited Round Jets at Different Initial Turbulence Intensities

Karol Wawrzak and Artur Tyliszczak    

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The paper is aimed at an assessment of the importance of the coordinate system (Cartesian vs. cylindrical) assumed for simulations of free-round jets. The research is performed by applying the large eddy simulation method with spatial discretisation based on high-order compact difference schemes. The results obtained for natural and excited jets at three different turbulence intensity levels, ????=0.01%,0.1% T i = 0.01 % , 0.1 % and 1.0% 1.0 % , are compared. In the case of the natural jet, it is found that both instantaneous and time-averaged results are significantly dependent on the coordinate system only for the lowest ???? T i . In this case, in the Cartesian coordinate system, the errors introduced by an azimuthal non-uniformity of the mesh seem to have a larger impact on the solutions than the disturbances generated at the nozzle exit. The azimuthal non-uniformity of the mesh also has a substantial influence on the results of the modelling of the excited jets. In this case, the excitation is introduced as time-varying forcing, with the frequency corresponding to half of the preferred mode frequency and the amplitude equal to 5% 5 % of the jet velocity. Such an excitation leads to the formation of the so-called side-jets being revealed as inclined streams of fluid ejected outside the main jet stream. Primary attention is paid to the mechanism of the formation of the side-jets, their number and location. The results obtained on Cartesian meshes show that for very low turbulence intensity levels (????=0.01% T i = 0.01 % ), the number and direction of the side-jets are dependent on the non-uniform distribution of the mesh nodes along the azimuthal direction of the jet. On the other hand, when the cylindrical coordinate system is used, the number of the side-jets and their locations are random and dependent only on inlet parameters. It has been demonstrated that the mechanism of side-jet formation is the same in both coordinate systems; however, its random nature can only be predicted when the cylindrical coordinate system is used.

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