Flow separation in diffusers leads to loss in energy recovery and is often a source of unsteadiness due to stall movements. This paper investigates the use of wall jets as a remedy to these problems. New jet geometries are compared to the conventional annular blowing. Steady wall jets are found to be capable of raising the mean pressure recovery in both conical and rectangular air diffusers, but high injected mass flow rates are required before the flow in rectangular diffusers becomes steady. Active feedback control is applied to reduce this flow unsteadiness. To implement the control, the air supplied through the wall jets is modulated in responsed to the unsteady pressures within the diffuser. Results are presented for two feedback mechanisms. Both are found to be effective with the level of attenuation well predicted by theory. A combination of steady and unsteady blowing is found to be capable of giving both a good mean pressure recovery and reduced pressure oscillations.


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    Title :

    Active boundary-layer control in diffusers


    Additional title:

    Aktive Grenzschichtkontrolle in Diffusoren


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    AIAA Journal ; 32 , 12 ; 2409-2414


    Publication date :

    1994


    Size :

    6 Seiten, 16 Bilder, 18 Quellen




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




    Active Boundary Layer Control in Diffusers

    Kwong, A. H. M. / Dowling, A. P. / American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | British Library Conference Proceedings | 1993


    Active boundary-layer control in diffusers

    KWONG, A. / DOWLING, A. | AIAA | 1993


    Active boundary-layer control in diffusers

    Kwong, Anthony H. M. / Dowling, Ann P. | AIAA | 1994


    Active Boundary-Layer Control in Diffusers

    Kwong, A.H.M. | Online Contents | 1994