The flow characteristics of round air jets with tapered annulus was investigated experimentally. The divergent and convergent tapered annulus was installed concentrically inside of the round nozzle. The effects of the length of annulus, the diameter of annulus on the mean and fluctuating velocities, and the velocity ratio of the inner jet to outer jet at the nozzle exit were examined by the hot-wire measurement and flow visualization. In the case of the jets with the divergent tapered annulus, the outer jet was accelerated and the inner jet was decelerated. The spread of jet with the divergent tapered annulus increased in the near field of the jet. On the other hands, with convergent tapered annulus, the outer jet was decelerated and the inner jet was accelerated. The spreads of round jet with the convergent tapered annulus was smaller than the other jet. It is found that the flow characteristics of a round jet with tapered annulus was the similar to that of a plane jet with deflecting plates.

The present paper describes the flow characteristics of a plane air jet with deflectors. The divergent or convergent deflector was installed symmetrically inside of the plane nozzle. The effects of the angle and the length of deflectors on the mean and fluctuating velocities, and the velocity ratio of the inner jet to outer jet at the nozzle exit were examined by the hot-wire measurement and the flow visualization. In the case of the jets with the divergent deflector, the outer jet was accelerated and the inner jet was decelerated. The spreads of jet with the divergent deflector increased in the near field of the jet. In the case of the jets with convergent deflectors, the outer jet was decelerated and the inner jet was accelerated. The spreads of plane jet with the convergent deflector was smaller than the other jet. The relation between the velocity ratio of the nozzle exit, the area ratio, the pressure drop, the spreading rate and the virtual origin of a plane jet with divergent or convergent deflectors was found.

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The flow structures in a coaxial jet with axisymmetric and helical instability modes for a comparatively low Reynolds number were investigated. The flow visualization and the measurements of velocities were carried out in an open water tank. In addition, three-dimensional numerical simulation of a coaxial jet was also performed using the commercial CFD software FLUENT 6.3. It was confirmed that the helical vortex was shed for the range of ratios of velocity of the inner to that of the outer jet from 0.5 to 1.0. Two characteristic flow regimes, i.e., axisymmetric and helical instability modes, were simulated in the flow field. For the coaxial jet with helical instability, the axial velocity along the centerline of the jet decreased more than that of the coaxial jet with axisymmetric instability. The axial velocity fluctuation at the centerline of the jet was small near the nozzle exit. However, the radial velocity fluctuation at that location increased. The convection velocity of vortices in the inner shear layer was larger than that for the outer shear layer. The convection velocity of vortices with the helical instability was slightly larger than that of the vortices with the axisymmetric instability. Consequently, the variation of velocity fluctuations and the convection velocity was associated with the arrangement of the vortex street in the shear layer.

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