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Flow fluctuation induced by coaxial plasma device at atmospheric pressure
- Source :
- Applied Physics Letters. 113:224101
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- AIP Publishing, 2018.
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Abstract
- The flow structure and velocity fluctuation generated downstream from coaxial geometry dielectric-barrier-discharges are investigated at atmospheric pressure. The discharges are characterized using in-situ electrical measurements and optical diagnostics. Both streamers and glow-like discharges are detected in each alternating-current cycle. The flow structure is temporally and spatially resolved using tracer particles, and vortices are visualized in planar velocity distribution patterns. The flow upstream of the discharge is laminar; however, we discover that the spectrum of downstream fluctuation velocity exhibits a nearly Kolmogorov −5/3 slope, which is a typical feature for high Reynolds number turbulent flows. Based on the electron density measured through a line-ratio method, the dimensionless electrical body force derived from the Navier-Stokes equation is estimated to illustrate the generation of Reynolds stress. It is found that although less than 0.1% of the discharge power is converted into the fluctuation kinetic energy, the electrical body force rather than Joule heating plays a dominant role in flow fluctuation.
- Subjects :
- Materials science
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)
Atmospheric pressure
Turbulence
Reynolds number
Laminar flow
Mechanics
Reynolds stress
01 natural sciences
010305 fluids & plasmas
Physics::Fluid Dynamics
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Physics::Plasma Physics
0103 physical sciences
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Electrical measurements
Coaxial
010306 general physics
Joule heating
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Details
- ISSN :
- 10773118 and 00036951
- Volume :
- 113
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Applied Physics Letters
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........f08c990e8149655eb679f901f7ac5d06