Abstract
Flow and acoustic fields of a transitional supersonic free jet with the moderate Reynolds number are investigated. Compressible Navier-Stokes equations are solved by a high-order compact scheme, and the effects of inflow shear layer characteristics are investigated. The Mach and Reynolds numbers are set to 2.1 and 70,000, respectively. Five different jets with different shear layer thicknesses without disturbances, and the effects of the shear layer thickness and the disturbance are discussed. With decreasing the shear layer thickness or adding the disturbance, the transition position and the turbulence growth rate after the transition are significantly affected, and the turbulent fluctuation along the shear layer and the intensity of resulting Mach waves becomes smaller.
