Absolute instabilities and dynamics of helical vortices in twin annular swirling jets

J Zhang, X Hui, Q An, X Han, C Wang - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Modern low-emissions gas turbine combustors commonly employ a twin annular swirling
flow configuration that consists of a central annular inner jet and a surrounding annular outer …

Experiments into the interaction of side dilution jets with bluff-body stabilised annular jets

SE Gillani, YM Al-Abdeli - Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Fundamental insights into the effects of side dilution jets on the flow behaviour and
turbulence field in gas turbine combustors further advances the ability to use these jets to …

[HTML][HTML] Heat-dumping capacity of natural draft cooling towers improved by artificial plume swirl

J Vashahri, S He, Y Lu - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2024 - Elsevier
Approaches to mitigate high ambient temperature impacts on natural draft cooling towers
(NDCTs) have been extensively studied in the past two decades. Proposals like pre-cooling …

[HTML][HTML] A computational investigation of swirl-number and Damköhler-number effects on non-premixed laminar swirling jet flames

BW Keeton, KK Nomura, AL Sánchez… - Combustion and Flame, 2023 - Elsevier
Axisymmetric numerical simulations are used to assess the swirl-induced stabilization of low-
Mach-number non-premixed jet flames at a moderate Reynolds number (R e= 200). Using a …

Confinement effects in laminar swirling jets

CM Douglas, L Lesshafft - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2022 - cambridge.org
This paper explores the effect of axial and radial confinement on the flow topology of laminar
swirling jets. Its objective is to provide a unifying perspective toward swirling jet mechanics …

[HTML][HTML] Insights into the intrinsic asymmetry of bluff-body stabilised swirling and non-swirling annular flows

SE Gillani, YM Al-Abdeli - Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 2024 - Elsevier
Bluff-body stabilised annular jets possess simple, well-defined, axisymmetric geometry, yet
exhibit highly complex flow fields, are susceptible to asymmetry at larger blockage ratios …

Experimental study of flow dynamics in a dual-stage annular swirling jet

Y Zhou, A Rinoshika - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
In this study, three-dimensional flow structures at a Reynolds number of 16 000 are
measured by stereoscopic particle image velocimetry to reveal the dynamic structures of a …

Onset of global instability in a premixed annular V-flame

C Wang, CM Douglas, Y Guan, C Xu… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
We investigate self-excited axisymmetric oscillations of a lean premixed methane--air V-
flame in a laminar annular jet. The flame is anchored near the rim of the centrebody, forming …

A balanced outflow boundary condition for swirling flows

CM Douglas - Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics, 2024 - Springer
In open flow simulations, the dispersion characteristics of disturbances near synthetic
boundaries can lead to unphysical boundary scattering interactions that contaminate the …

Inflow Conditions and the Flow Behavior of Submerged Annular Viscoplastic Non-Newtonian Jets

KJ Hammad - Journal of Fluids Engineering, 2024 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Submerged annular viscoplastic jet flows were studied numerically within the steady laminar
flow regime. The impacts of inner-to-outer annular nozzle diameter ratio, and yield number …