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Title:	Axisymmetric air jet impinging on a convex hemispherical plate
Author:	Chan, David C
View Online:	njit-etd1979-004 (ix, 215 pages ~ 6.4 MB pdf)
Department:	Department of Mechanical Engineering
Degree:	Master of Science
Program:	Mechanical Engineering
Document Type:	Thesis
Advisory Committee:	Hrycak, P. (Committee chair) Levy, Martin J. (Committee member) Droughton, John Vincent (Committee member)
Date:	1979
Keywords:	Jets--Fluid dynamics Air jets
Availability:	Unrestricted
Abstract:	Experimental investigation was conducted on an axisymmetric, submerged air jet impinging normally on a smooth convex hemisphere. Three nozzle diameters of 0.5" (12.7mm), 0.375" (9.525mm) and 0.25" (6.35mm) were used and tests were run at Reynolds number range of 14,700 to 84,000. The results obtained in the free jet and deflection zones were found to confirm the works of previous investigators. As for the fully developed wall jet region, the following points are noted: The maximum wall-velocity decay was found to possess a slightly higher rate than that of either the flat plate or the concave hemisphere. The mean velocity profile at a given wall distance from the stagnation point follows the same profile as those of the flat plate and the concave hemisphere; but deviates from them at the outer envelope (Z/Z 1/2 > 1.2) where it decays at the highest rate, followed by the curves of the flat plate and of the concave surface, in that order. Both the inner boundary layer and the outer boundary were established. In comparison with the flat plate case, the inner boundary layer grows at a slightly higher rate (with respect to the wall distance), while the outer boundary layer grows at a slightly lower rate, Negative static pressure distributions were found laterally across the wall jet. The maximum value occurs at Z/Z 1/2 equal 0.9 and is a function of nozzle diameter, distance of the nozzle exit from the impingement surface, and the distance from the stagnation point along the wall surface. The measurements of such negative static pressure serve as a verification of the Coanda Effect.