采用两相流动的大涡模拟对自由圆湍射流的流动不稳定性及界面拟序结构进行了数值模拟。通过计算探讨了射流液体的不稳定性机制。研究了喷嘴入口速度及入口扰动对射流近场区的不稳定性和涡结构特性的影响。研究中,对雷诺数在10 000~80 000内施加不同强度扰动后的射流流场进行了系统的模拟计算。结果表明:射流入口速度及外部扰动对射流的稳定性有重要的作用,随射流速度和扰动强度增加,其未扰液核长度下降,表面波尺度减小,射流近场区产生更为丰富(长度尺度多、涡旋强度范围大)的特征涡旋结构;从射流的时均流场看出,在相同雷诺数不同扰动强度(或相同扰动强度不同雷诺数)下射流时均速度沿中心轴线衰减率基本类似;随雷诺数增加,射流对周围流体的正卷吸作用加强,沿流向的径向扩散更为显著。
As a basic flow form,free round turbulent jet has been used in various industry fields such as water jet cutting,water cleaning,fuel spray,etc. To understand the development of jet and some of its underlying characteristics,it is crucial that the mechanism of jet instability should be recognized. A robust two-phase flow large eddy simulation( LES) algorithm was applied to predict the liquid instability and the coherent structure of free round turbulent jet. The main objective was to characterize the liquid instability mechanism without resorting stability analysis. Special attention was focused on how the instability and the eddy structure in the near field of round jet were affected by the imposed inlet velocity and disturbance. In this respect,the cases within the range of Re = 10 000 ~ 80 000 at various disturbance intensities were tested. Results revealed that the velocity and disturbances played an important role in the stability of liquid jet. The unperturbed liquid core length and scale of surface wave were decreased,and a wide variety of vortexes were produced in the near field of jet with velocity and disturbance intensity increased. The decay rates of average velocity along the central axis of jet were similar under different disturbance intensities at the same Reynolds number( or different Reynolds numbers at the same disturbance intensity). The positive entrainment was enhanced and the radial spread of the jet along the streamwise became more significant with the Reynolds number increased.