Numerical simulation of surface heat transfer from an array of hot-air jets

Farooq Saeed*

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Abstract

A numerical study was conducted to simulate the heat transfer from an array of jets onto an impingement surface typical of those found on aircraft wing/slat surfaces. The study used the commercially available computational fluid dynamics software FLUENT to model the different hot-jet arrangements that included 1) a single array of jets, 2) two staggered arrays of jets at different stagger angles (10 and 20 degrees), and 3) a case with an etched surface. The main Undings of the study reveal that the single array and the array with a 20 degree stagger yield better surface heat transfer than the 10 degree stagger. The etched surface or inner liner yields almost 2-3 times better surface heat transfer than the others, thus making it a favorable choice for increasing surface heat transfer.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)700-714
Number of pages15
JournalJournal of Aircraft
Volume45
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2008

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
The work in this study was supported by the grant for the fast track project FT-2005/04 by the Deanship of Scientific Research, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. The authors are grateful for the aforementioned support in accomplishing this study. The authors would also like to acknowledge helpful discussions with Ion Paraschivoiu and Octavian Trifu, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, and Fassi Kafeke, Bombardier Aerospace, Montreal, Canada.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Aerospace Engineering

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