The synthetic jet actuators are one of the most investigated types of actuators used in heat transfer and active flow control. The energetic efficiency of actuators is a key parameter determining the possibility of device use. The actuators with two or more diaphragms have higher efficiency than the actuators with only one. The paper presents the investigations of the acoustic synthetic jet actuator with two opposite diaphragms. In the paper, synthetic jet velocity, Reynolds number and the energetic efficiency as a function of oscillating actuator frequency, for a different cavity, orifice configuration and one real input power P0 = 2 W were studied. The possibility of theoretical calculation of first and second resonance frequency were checked. The coupling ratio for actuators was calculated. The maximum energetic efficiency was η = 8.67% and Reynolds number Re = 8503. The possibility of using the same dependencies and rules during the design of actuators with two opposite diaphragms as in the case of actuators with one diaphragm was demonstrated. The results may be useful in the design of the actuators of the two membranes.
Abstract. The paper presents an analysis of the test results of a new type of fluidic oscillator. The oscillator design is based on the internal feedback in the form of two vortex chambers. The results were transformed into a dimensionless form. Then, the effect of deliberately introduced asymmetry into one of two input channels of the feedback chambers on the device oscillation asymmetry was examined.
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