Dynamics and bifurcations of laminar annular swirling and non-swirling jets

CM Douglas, BL Emerson, TC Lieuwen - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2022 - cambridge.org
This paper presents bifurcation analyses characterising the nonlinear dynamics of fully
developed laminar annular jets with respect to the centrebody diameter is increased …

Flash-back, blow-off, and symmetry breaking of premixed conical flames

CM Douglas, W Polifke, L Lesshafft - Combustion and Flame, 2023 - Elsevier
Hydrodynamic and thermal-diffusive effects subject premixed flames to intrinsic instabilities
that strongly influence their shape and propagation/stabilization characteristics. However …

Self-sustained azimuthal aeroacoustic modes. Part 2. Effect of a swirling mean flow on the modal dynamics

A Faure-Beaulieu, T Pedergnana… - Journal of Fluid …, 2023 - cambridge.org
The whistling induced by a low-Mach turbulent flow through a deep axisymmetric cavity in a
duct is investigated theoretically and experimentally. The experiments include acoustic …

Vortex breakdown in variable-density gaseous swirling jets

BW Keeton, J Carpio, KK Nomura… - Journal of Fluid …, 2022 - cambridge.org
Vortex breakdown in variable-density gaseous swirling jets Page 1 J. Fluid Mech. (2022), vol.
936, A1, doi:10.1017/jfm.2022.18 Vortex breakdown in variable-density gaseous swirling jets …

[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 …

Effects of hydrogen enrichment on thermoacoustic and helical instabilities in swirl stabilised partially premixed flames

AD Kumar, JC Massey, I Boxx… - Flow, Turbulence and …, 2024 - Springer
The effects of hydrogen enrichment on flame and flow dynamics of a swirl-stabilised partially
premixed methane-air flame are studied using large eddy simulation. The sub-grid reaction …

Resolvent analysis of swirling turbulent jets

Q Chevalier, CM Douglas, L Lesshafft - Theoretical and Computational …, 2024 - Springer
This study explores coherent structures in a swirling turbulent jet. Stationary axisymmetric
solutions of the Reynolds–Averaged Navier–Stokes equations at R e= 200, 000 were …

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 …

Columnar-jet to wall-jet state transition in transversely excited swirling flow

R Gupta, R Gohiya, P Panda - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The current work investigates the transition of a swirling jet between two flow states, namely,
columnar-jet (CJ) and wall-jet (WJ) states, under the influence of external transverse …