Numerical Study on Mechanism of Blast-Induced Damage Considering Guiding Effect of Water Jet Slot

Damage is one of the most important characteristics of rock failure.Studying the damage mechanism of rock blasting under the guiding effect of the water jet slot and revealing the mechanism of controlled blasting with water jet assistance are crucial.In this study,a rock-like material was chosen as the research object for the calibration experiment of the numerical model.The numerical simulation models were then established by ANSYS/LS-DYNA,and the blastinduced damage mechanism under the guiding effect of the water jet slot was analyzed according to the blasting theory.The results indicated that explosive energy accumulates toward the direction of the slot as the guiding effect of the water jet slot,which allows the rock mass in the direction of the slot bear more damage.Meanwhile,the rock mass in the middle of the connection line between two blast-holes bears more damage under the combination of the effect of the explosion stress wave and guiding effect of water the jet slot on the detonation gas during double-slotted borehole blasting,which results in the formation of a gourd-shaped blast-induced damage area.In addition,the influence of the water jet slot on blast-induced damage varies depending on the blasting-process stage.

Switching mechanism and optimisation research on a pressure-attitude adaptive adjusting coal seam water jet slotter

To investigate the attitude-switching mechanisms of existing jet slotters,which integrate drilling,punching and slotting operations,and to improve its fracture ability,we used the power bond diagram theory to analyse the dynamic flow pressure,and force of slotters.A mathematical model was developed for the dynamic characteristics of slotter systems.Furthermore,to study the effect of the main characteristic parameters on the ability of the nozzle to erode sandstone,multi-orthogonal experiments were carried out.And the optimised slots were applied in later practical operations.The research results show that the inlet fluid passed through the time-varying orifice to generate pressure differential thrust,which overcame the spring force,pushed the valve core to open the side nozzle,and closed the rear cavity channel thereby realising the switch of the slotter attitude.An optimal plan was established to balance the diameter,depth,and volume of punching,and a rock-breaking plan was developed for the slotter.Subsequently,the optimised water jet slotter was practically used in coal seam gas drainage.Compared with conventional dense drilling,water jet slotting technology significantly improves the ability,efficiency,and effect of increasing the permeability of the coal seam.

A Confined Laminar Slot Impinging Jet at Low Reynolds Numbers:Unsteady Flow and Heat Transfer Characteristics

In this study,the unsteady flow and heat transfer characteristics of a laminar slot jet at low Reynolds numbers impinging on an isothermal plate surface in a two-dimensional confined space are numerically investigated.The investigations are performed at Reynolds numbers of 120,150 and 200 based on the nozzle width and mean inlet velocity of the jet.Results show that the Reynolds numbers of 120,150 and 200 correspond to different flow features,namely,a steady flow,an intermittent flapping motion of jet column and a continuous sinusoidal flapping state,respectively.Based on some time snapshots of the flow field,the dynamic characteristics and driving mechanism of the intermittent flapping motion of the jet column and the continuous sinusoidal flapping state are explained.When the jet flaps at the Reynolds number 150 and 200,there are other Nusselt number peaks outside the stagnation zone,which are related to the interference between the vortices shedding on both sides of the jet and the boundary layers of the plate surface.Furthermore,the dynamic mode decomposition is implemented to accurately extract flow modes with characteristic frequencies.For a Reynolds number of 150,there is a flapping mode,which describes the lateral flapping motion of the jet column.When the Reynolds number is 200,there are multiple modes related to the flapping motion of the jet,as well as a low-frequency mode,which reflects the periodic changes of the boundary contour and position of the recirculation zone.

LARGE EDDY SIMULATION OF VERTICAL JET IMPINGEMENT WITH A FREE SURFACE

The flow characteristics of a 2D slot jet vertically impinging on free surfaces are numerically investigated by the Large Eddy Simulation （LES） with a dynamic Sub-Grid Scale （SGS） model. The σ-coordinate transformation is introduced to map the depth-variable physical domain to a depth-uniform computational domain. The split-operator scheme, which splits the solution procedure into advection, diffusion and pressure propagation steps, is employed to solve the instantaneous velocity and pressure field. A fully nonlinear Lagrange-Euler method is used to compute the free surface elevation. The numerical results show that the jet retains good self-similarity in the Zone of Eestablished Flow （ZEF）, while the turbulence of jet shifts gradually from isotropic to anisotropic in the Zone of Surface Impingement （ZSI）. When the jet approaches the free surface, the centerline velocity decreases rapidly and the flow is deflected by the free surface. Two symmetrical surface jets are formed in the Zone of Horizontal Jets （ZHJ）. An approximate Guassian distribution of super-elevation is also formed on the free surface. The computed results are in good agreement with the available experimental data.

Numerical Simulation of Flow and Heat Transfer from Slot Jets Impinging on a Cylindrical Convex Surface

Flow and heat transfer characteristics of slot jets impingement to a cylindrical convex surface are numerically investigated.Suitable turbulence models have been determined through comparison with the experimental data.Flow structures are described and impingement heat transfer characteristics are discussed.The effects of Re,H/B and D/B on single-slot jets impingement heat transfer are analyzed and heat transfer characteristics of multiple-slot jets are investigated.The results show that:Gas flows along the convex surface and boundary layer separation occurs in both single and multiple-slot jets impingement.A maximum stagnation Nu appears at H/B=8 and the local Nu decreases with increasing H/B in the region far away from the stagnation.The Nu in the stagnation region decreases with increasing D/B but the Nu is nearly the same in the region far away from the stagnation.Pressure gradient is an important factor on heat transfer enhancement.Correlations of the Num for single-slot,double-slot and quadric-slot jets impinging on a convex surface are obtained.It indicates the effects of Re and D/B on Num could become more important in less slot jets impingement.

Three-dimensional Numerical Study of Laminar Confined Slot Jet Impingement Cooling using Slurry of Nano—encapsulated Phase Change Material

This Article presents a three dimensional numerical model investigating thermal performance and hydrodynamics features of the confined slot jet impingement using slurry of Nano Encapsulated Phase Change Material(NEPCM)as a coolant.The slurry is composed of water as a base fluid and n-octadecane NEPCM particles with mean diameter of 100 nm suspended in it.A single phase fluid approach is employed to model the NEPCM slurry.The thermo physical properties of the NEPCM slurry are computed using modern approaches being proposed recently and governing equations are solved with a commercial Finite Volume based code.The effects of jet Reynolds number varying from 100 to 600 and particle volume fraction ranging from 0% to 28% are considered.The computed results are validated by comparing Nusselt number values at stagnation point with the previously published results with water as working fluid.It was found that adding NEPCM to the base fluid results with considerable amount of heat transfer enhancement.The highest values of heat transfer coefficients are observed at H/W=4 and C_m=0.28.However,due to the higher viscosity of slurry compared with the base fluid,the slurry can produce drastic increase in pressure drop of the system that increases with NEPCM particle loading and jet Reynolds number.

NUMERICAL STUDY OF SEMI-CONFINED SLOT JET IMPINGEMENT

The standard k ε turbulence model in conjunction with the logarithmic law of the wall has been applied to the prediction of a fully developed turbulent slot impinging jet within a semi confined space. A single geometry with a Reynolds number of 10,000 and a nozzle to plate spacing of eight slot widths has been considered with inlet boundary conditions based on the previous calculated result of a fully developed turbulent 2 D flow. The numerical results of mean velocity agree with the experimental data. But the fluctuating velocity is somewhat poorly predicted. The difference between the numerical study and the experimental data is attributed directly to the turbulence model, and the application of the wall function.

An experimental investigation on the trailing edge cooling of turbine blades

An experimental study was conducted to quantify the flow characteristics of the wall jets pertinent to trailing edge cooling of turbine blades.A high-resolution stereoscopic particle image velocimetry(PIV)system was used to conduct detailed flow field measurements to quantitatively visualize the evolution of the unsteady vortices and turbulent flow structures in the cooling wall jet streams and to quantify the dynamic mixing process between the cooling jet stream and the mainstream flows.The detailed flow field measurements were correlated with the adiabatic cooling effectiveness maps measured by using pressure sensitive paint(PSP)technique to elucidate underlying physics in order to explore/optimize design paradigms for improved cooling effectiveness to protect the critical portions of turbine blades from harsh environments.