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Excitation of instability waves in free shear layers Part 2. Experiments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 April 2006

D. W. Bechert  and
B. Stahl
D. W. Bechert
Affiliation:
DFVLR, Abteilung Turbulenzforschung, Müller-Breslau-Straße 8, 1000 Berlin-West 12, West Germany
B. Stahl
Affiliation:
DFVLR, Abteilung Turbulenzforschung, Müller-Breslau-Straße 8, 1000 Berlin-West 12, West Germany
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Abstract

The acoustical excitation of shear layers is investigated experimentally. Acoustical excitation causes, for example, the so-called ‘orderly structures’ in shear layers and jets. Also, the deviations in the spreading rate between different turbulent-shear-layer experiments are due to the same excitation mechanism. The present investigations focus on measurements in the linear interaction region close to the edge from which the shear layer is shed. We report on two sets of experiments (Houston 1981 and Berlin 1983/84). The measurements have been carried out with laminar shear layers in air using hot-wire anemometers and microphones. The agreement between these measurements and the theory is good. Even details of the fluctuating flow field correspond to theoretical predictions, such as the local occurrence of negative phase speeds.

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 186 , January 1988 , pp. 63 - 84
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© 1988 Cambridge University Press

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