WSEAS Transactions on Fluid Mechanics
Print ISSN: 1790-5087, E-ISSN: 2224-347X
Volume 7, 2012
Spatial Evolution of Mixing Layers: Effects of Shear and Convection
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Abstract: This paper has reported the effects of shear velocity, convection velocity and shear rate on the spatial evolution of turbulent axisymmetric mixing layers. The types of mixing layers investigated are with the variation of convection velocity under the constant shear velocity, with the variation of shear velocity under the constant convection velocity and with the variation of shear or convection velocity under the constant shear rate. The closed form equations governing the mixing layer flows are obtained by the standard k ?ε model and solved by using Fully Implicit Scheme and TDMA (Tridiagonal Matrix Algorithm). Obtained results show that the mixing layer thickness and momentum thickness evolve streamwise, and the shape and level of mean velocity, turbulent shear stress, mean vorticity and turbulence kinetic energy evolve streamwise but not radially with the changes in operating conditions at constant rate of shear. While changes in operating conditions affect the evolution of mixing layers in both directions under the constant shear or convection velocity.
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Keywords: Axisymmetric mixing layer, Turbulent flow, Spatial evolution, Shear velocity, Convection velocity, Shear rate, Computational fluid dynamics