Summary

This dissertation examines the effects of chevron nozzles in the development of a single-stream, subsonic, cold jet. An experimental setup was developed to allow measurements of velocity using hot-wire anemometry. The first part of the study is focused on the characteristics of the self-similarity region (x/D>30) of a circular jet with 12.3 mm diameter, Mach number 0.14 and Reynolds number 3.9x104, in order to validate the measurements via comparisons with data in the literature. The universal spectrum for the one-dimensional turbulent kinetic energy E11 (k1) was demonstrated for different radial positions measured at x/D = 44 and the spectrum inertial subrange was clearly identified. The second part of the investigation was focused on the effect of a chevron nozzle in the jet development and on mechanisms that are generally associated with noise suppression. Profiles of mean velocity and turbulent intensity were obtained for the nozzles with and without chevrons. The results showed an increase in the jet spreading and in the turbulent intensity level brought about by the chevron nozzle, which gives rise to a reduction in the potential core length from 4.2D in the baseline nozzle to 3.6D in the chevron nozzle. Results for one-dimensional spectra of turbulent kinetic energy and one-point temporal autocorrelation coefficients were also obtained for both nozzles and allowed an analysis of modifications in the turbulent length scales.

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