Insights into the flow and heat transfer aspects of single and multi-orifice synthetic jets

R Kumar, D Mirikar, A Agrawal, H Yadav - International Journal of Heat and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The study deals with understanding the flow and heat transfer aspects of a multi-orifice
synthetic jet (SJ), and the results are compared with a single orifice SJ. The effect of …

Flow and heat transfer behavior of acoustically excited pulsating air jet impinging on a flat surface

D Mirikar, P Sharma, H Yadav - International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 2025 - Elsevier
Experiments are carried out to understand the flow and thermal behavior of a pulsating jet.
The pulsating jet is generated using acoustic excitation. The study considered variations in …

Heat transfer characteristics of the flat plate integrated with metal foam of varying thickness using an unconfined circular air-jet impingement

PK Singh, J Joshi, SK Sahu - Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 2023 - Elsevier
The present study experimentally investigates the thermal performance of stainless-steel foil
(AISI-304) integrated with copper open-cell metal foam (OCMF) of 10 pores per inch (PPI) …

The flow and heat transfer behavior of synthetic jets with star shaped orifice of different lobes

P Sharma, SK Sahu, H Yadav - International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 2023 - Elsevier
In the present experimental investigation, the flow and heat transfer characteristics of
synthetic jet (SJ) issuing from different lobed (3–10) star-shaped orifices are studied. Tests …

An experimental investigation on the thermal behavior of synthetic jets involving non-circular orifices with varying wave patterns

PK Singh, PK Upadhyay, H Yadav… - Experimental Heat …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The present work reports the thermal behavior of synthetic jets (SJs) with different non-
circular orifices and various waveforms such as triangular, sinusoidal, and square. Tests are …

Thermal characteristics of metal foamed flat plate with circular and elliptical impinging jets

PK Singh, J Joshi, SK Sahu - Experimental Heat Transfer, 2025 - Taylor & Francis
Here, the thermal characteristics of open-cell metal foam (OCMF) integrated stainless steel
(SS) foil are investigated experimentally during air jet impingement using circular and …

An experimental investigation on the influence of Strouhal number and amplitude on the flow and heat transfer behavior of synthetic jet impingement

P Sharma, D Mirikar, SK Sahu… - Experimental Heat …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Here, tests are performed to analyze the effect of Strouhal number (St) and amplitude on
thermo-fluid characteristics of synthetic jet (SJ) impingement for varied range of Reynolds …

Influence of waveforms on the heat transfer behavior of multi-orifice synthetic jet

PK Singh, H Yadav, PK Upadhyay… - Experimental Heat …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This experimental investigation aims to analyze the heat transfer capabilities of both single
and multi-orifice SJs (MOSJs) for varied waveforms (sine, square, and triangular), at a fixed …

Synthetic jet's flow-induced vibrations for enhanced thermal management and energy harvesting

D Mirikar, P Dinesh, R Kumar, S Patel… - Applied Thermal …, 2025 - Elsevier
An experimental study is conducted on a novel synthetic jet (SJ) design featuring integrated
flaps, with the results compared to those of a conventional SJ. This study addresses the …

A comparative study of coaxial and conventional synthetic jet heat transfer

R Kumar, Z Kapadiya, D Mirikar, H Yadav - … Communications in Heat and …, 2025 - Elsevier
This study presents a coaxial orifice synthetic jet (SJ) designed to reduce recirculation at
smaller orifice-to-surface spacing (z/d) compared to conventional single-orifice SJs. The …