Turbulent Characteristics for Jet Injected into Supersonic Flow with Pseudo Shock Wave

The mean and turbulent velocity field of a transverse jet in a supersonic flow with a pseudo shock wave by stereoscopic particle image velocimetry was measured. Both the mainstream and the injectant were unheated air. The pseudo shock wave was generated and controlled by means of a flow plug driven by a stepping motor. To study the influence of the generation and development of the pseudo shock wave, measurements are taken for four different cases of the pseudo shock wave location, including one without a pseudo shock wave. Sequences of up to 750 image pairs for each measurement plane were acquired. From these data, the mean and turbulent characteristics of the flowfield were examined, such as mean velocity and vorticity, turbulence intensities, Reynolds stresses, and turbulence kinetic energy. The mean velocity and vorticity indicate that the pseudo shock wave gradually lowered the flow speed of the mainstream and increased the size of the counter-rotating vortex pair. The pseudo shock wave strongly disturbed the flowfield, inducing complicated three-dimensional distortions. The pseudo shock wave disturbed the flowfields near the walls, and the turbulence kinetic energy in this area was kept at a high level over long streamwise distances. The streamwise fluctuation intensity was about 4 times stronger than that of the vertical and lateral components, and the streamwise velocity components fluctuated even more greatly than the cross-sectional velocity components. The transverse injection moderately affected not only turbulence around the jet, but also the turbulent characteristics caused by the pseudo shock wave. The injection not only produced turbulence around the jet, but also suppressed the velocity fluctuation caused by the pseudo shock wave.