To investigate the flow and heat transfer characteristics of a synthetic jet driven by piezoelectric actuator, experimental investigation utilizing particle image veloci- metry, hot-wire anemometer and infrared camera was carried out. The results show that: (1) At the jet orifice exit, pairs of vortexes are generated, broken down and merged together periodically, forming a steady jet within a several slot width from distance near the orifice exit. And during the development, the synthetic jet spreads rapidly along the minor axis direction of the orifice. While along the major axis direction, the synthetic jet contracts firstly and then spreads slowly. (2) Exci- tation frequency forced on the actuator has a great effect on the synthetic jet flow field. There are two resonance frequencies at which the mean velocity and vorticity of the synthetic jet are maximized, especially at the higher resonance frequency. The resonance frequency values obtained by the experiment are lower than the theoretical values. (3) Similarly to the common jet impingement, the convective heat transfer coefficients at the target surface impinged by the synthetic jet also take on up-down tendency varying with the jet-to-surface spacing increment. But the jet-to-surface spacing ratio for optimum cooling achievement is greater and the cooling action region is wider than the former, indicating that the synthetic jet in- troduces a stronger entrainment and more vigorous penetration in the surrounding fluid.
利用热线风速仪对压电驱动自耦合射流激发器在不同的电压和激励频率下所形成的射流速度分布进行了测试。研究发现,自耦合射流存在着340和1 000 H z两个最佳激励频率;自耦合射流在喷口长轴方向临近喷口的位置呈马鞍状分布,随距离增加而接近于稳态射流;在喷口短轴方向速度呈对称的单峰形状,和常规射流一样具有自相似性;在喷口法线方向速度呈先上升后下降的趋势,最大值出现在距离喷口约10倍狭缝宽度的位置上。
