Le but de ce travail est d'étudier une couche limite soumise à un gradient de pression et de la comparer avec une couche limite de plaque plane à grands nombres de Reynolds. Dans ce cadre, l’accent est mis sur le comportement des structures cohérentes à grande échelle. En raison de leur grande longueur, ces structures ne sont pas faciles à extraire et à caractériser en utilisant des techniques de mesure standard. Pour cette raison, des dispositifs expérimentaux spécifiques utilisant la PIV dans les plans longitudinaux et parallèles à la paroi ont été conçus pour capturer les structures à grande échelle et pour mieux comprendre les mécanismes régissant la dynamique de ces écoulements. La première partie revisite les résultats obtenus sur une couche limite plaque plane en sondant l'origine d'une décroissance spectrale en dans la couche limite turbulente. Dans cette perspective, un modèle simpliste basé sur le modèle de Townsend-Perry est proposé. Ce modèle peut, en principe, être appliqué à n'importe quel écoulement turbulent de paroi. La deuxième partie se concentre sur l'amélioration de la compréhension de la turbulence en gradient de pression adverse en effectuant une caractérisation complète d’un écoulement académique au dessus d’une géométrie. L’accent est mis sur les caractéristiques des structures (longueur, scaling, contribution énergétique et distribution selon la normale à la paroi) ainsi que sur l'influence du gradient de pression adverse sur les structures des grandes échelles. L'analyse permet de comparer le comportement d'une couche limite en présence de gradient de pression adverse avec le cas d’une plaque plane à grands nombres de Reynolds / The aim of the present work is to study a boundary layer subjected to a pressure gradient and to compare it with a zero pressure gradient (ZPG) boundary layer at high Reynolds numbers. Within this framework, focus is laid on the behaviour of large-scale coherent structures. Due to their large streamwise extent, these structures are not easy to extract and characterize using standard measurement techniques. For this reason, specific experimental set-ups using PIV in the streamwise/wall-normal planes was designed to capture the large-scale structures and to gain more insight into the mechanisms governing the dynamics of these flows. The achievements of the present investigation can be divided into two parts. The first part revisits the results obtained on a ZPG turbulent boundary layer by probing the origin of a spectral range in a turbulent boundary layer. To this end, a simple model which can in principle be applied to various wall-bounded turbulent flows is proposed from a new perspective based on the work of Townsend-Perry. The second part focuses on improving the understanding of turbulence under an adverse pressure gradient (APG) by performing a complete flow characterisation of an academic test case on a large scale geometry. Emphasis is laid on the characteristics of the structures (length, scaling, energetic contribution and their wall normal distribution) along with the influence of the APG on the large-scale structures. The analysis is also extended to compare the behaviour of APG with the ZPG case at high Reynolds numbers

[pt] O presente trabalho é um estudo experimental das características de um escoamento de ar em forma de jato espiralado, incidindo ortogonalmente sobre uma placa. Os objetivos do estudo são: avaliar a influência da presença de uma componente circunferencial de velocidade na distribuição dos coeficientes locais de troca de calor, obter campos de velocidade instantâneos no plano axissimétrico assim como informações sobre as características da turbulência no escoamento. Durante os experimentos se investigou a influência da distância jato/placa e da intensidade do escoamento espiralado (número de Swirl). Como etapa preliminar, foi conduzido um experimento de jato livre, para validação das técnicas de medição de velocidade utilizadas. Os resultados foram comparados com os da literartura e uma boa concordância foi obtida. A distribuição espacial dos coeficientes de troca de calor foi avaliada impondo-se um fluxo de calor constante na placa e medindo a distribuição radial de temperatura através de diversos termopares. Coeficientes locais puderam então ser estimados. Os campos de velocidades radial e axial instantâneos foram adquiridos experimentalmente através da utilização da técnica de Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) e perfis de velocidade tangencial (média e flutuações) foram obtidos a partir da técnica Laser Doppler Velocimetry (LDV). Os resultados mostraram que os padrões de escoamento mudam significativamente quando a componente circunferencial de velocidade é introduzida. Para o valor mais alto do Número de Swirl foram verificadas fortes reversões do escoamento na região de estagnação. / [en] The present work is an experimental study of the characteristics of a swirling impinging air jet. The goals of the study are: to evaluate the influence of the presence of a circumferential velocity component in the distribution of the local heat transfer coefficients, to obtain instantaneous velocity fields in the axisymmetric plane, as well as information about the turbulence characteristics in the flow. During the experiments, the influence of the impingement distance and swirl intensity were investigated. As a preliminary validation of the velocity measurement tecniques, an experimental investigation of an axisymmetric free jet was conducted. The results were compared with literature showing good agreement. The spatial distribution of heat transfer coefficients was evaluated by imposing a constant heat flux condition to the plate and measuring temperature of several points along the radial distance of the plate with thermocouples. Local coefficients could then be estimated. Instantaneous axial and radial velocity fields were obtained with Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) and tangential velocity profiles (mean and fluctuations) obtained by using Laser Doppler Velocimetry (LDV). The results showed that the flow patterns change significantly when the tangential component is added. For the highest value of Swirl number, strong recirculation zones were observed in the stagnation region.

[pt] O processo de deposição de uma fina camada de líquido sobre um substrato em movimento é conhecido como processo de revestimento. Um das técnicas mais utilizadas é o Revestimento por Rotação Direta, devido a sua simplicidade e baixo custo de instalação e operação. A baixas velocidades, o escoamento na região de aplicação do líquido é bi- dimensional e permanente. Porem quando a velocidade é elevada o escoamento bi- dimensional torna-se instável, levando a um escoamento tri-dimensional, com variação da espessura do filme de líquido depositado ao longo da largura do substrato. Este tipo de instabilidade é comunmente denominado Ribbing, e limita a velocidade do processo dependendo dos requisitos de uniformidade de espessura. Geralmente, os líquidos utilizados neste processo são soluções poliméricas, os que apresentam um comportamento não Newtoniano. Foi demonstrado, para líquidos Newtonianos, que o gradiente da pressão perto do menisco destabiliza o escoamento. O parâmetro crítico para o aparecimento da instabilidade é o número de capilaridade. Para líquidos viscoelásticos o comportamento do escoamento muda dramaticamente, o inicio das instabilidades ocorre a bem menores números de capilaridade quando é comparado ao caso Newtoniano. O mecanismo pelo qual a elasticidade desestabiliza o escoamento perto da superfície livre ainda não é completamente entendido. Predições recentes mostraram que a zona de recirculação perto do menisco presente para líquidos Newtonianos, diminui e desaparece posteriormente a medida que o escoamento torna-se mais viscoelástico (aumento do Número de Weissenberg). O objetivo deste trabalho é verificar experimentalmente este fenômeno e determinar o efeito das propriedades viscoelásticas do líquido no processo. Para isso, o escoamento entre uma placa estacionaria e o cilindro girante é analisado experimentalmente visualizando a região perto da superfície livre e medindo o campo de velocidade usando a técnica de Velocimetria por Imagem de Partículas (PIV).Diferentes soluções de baixo peso molecular polietileno glicol (PEG), e alto peso molecular oxido de polietileno (PEO), característica elástica, em agua foram usados para avaliar o efeito da viscoelasticidade no comportamento do escoamento. Com este analises experimental se quer confirmar la prediçao teórica de Zevallos(2003) sobre o efeito da viscoelasticidade nas linhas de corrente e na estabilidade da superfície livre com respeito às perturbaçoes tri-dimensionais. / [en] Roll coating is a common method in the manufacture of a wide variety of products. It is used to apply a thin liquid layer to a continuous flexible substrate. At low speeds, the flow is two-dimensional and steady; as the roll speed is raised, the two-dimensional flow is unstable and is replaced by a steady three-dimensional flow, which results in more or less regular stripes in the machine direction. This type of the instability is commonly called ribbing, it can limit the speed of the process if a smooth film is required as a final product. The liquids used in this process generaly are polimeric solutions, which present Non-Newtonian behavior. It was demonstrated, for Newtonian liquids, that the gradient of the pressure close to the meniscus destabilizes the flow, whereas the surface tension has a stabilizing effect. The critical parameter for the flow stability is the capillary number. For viscoelastic liquids can drastically change the nature of the flow near the free surfaces of the coating bead. The onset of the instabilities occurs at much lower capillary numbers than Newtonian flow case, which falls with the growth of the elasticity. Accurate theoretical predictions of the onset of ribbing when viscoelastic liquids are used is still not available. The mechanisms by which the liquid elasticity makes the flow unstable at Capillary numbers much lower than in the Newtonian case is not completely understood. Recent theoretical predictions have shown that at high Weissenberg number, the recirculation zone, present in the Newtonian flow completely disappears. In this work, film splitting flows between a stationary plate and rotating roll are analyzed experimentally by visualizing the free surface configuration and measuring the velocity field using the Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) technique. Various solutions of low molecular weight polyethylene glycol (PEG) and high molecular weight polyethylene oxide (PEO) in water were used in order to evaluate the effect of mildly viscoelastic behavior on the flow. The goal was to confirm the theoretical predictions of Zevallos et al. (2004) on the effect of the liquid viscoelasticity on the streamline pattern and on the stability of the free surface with respect to three-dimensional disturbances.

This work is concerned with the fluid dynamic processes and the associated loss of acoustic energy produced by circular apertures within noise absorbing perforated walls. Although applicable to a wide range of engineering applications particular emphasis in this work is placed on the use of such features within a gas turbine combustion system. The primary aim for noise absorbers in gas turbine combustion systems is the elimination of thermo-acoustic instabilities, which are characterised by rapidly rising pressure amplitudes which are potentially damaging to the combustion system components. By increasing the amount of acoustic energy being absorbed the occurrence of thermo-acoustic instabilities can be avoided. The fundamental acoustic characteristics relating to linear acoustic absorption are presented. It is shown that changes in orifice geometry, in terms of gas turbine combustion system representative length-to-diameter ratios, result in changes in the measured Rayleigh Conductivity. Furthermore in the linear regime the maximum possible acoustic energy absorption for a given cooling mass flow budget of a conventional combustor wall will be identified. An investigation into current Rayleigh Conductivity and aperture impedance (1D) modelling techniques are assessed and the ranges of validity for these modelling techniques will be identified. Moreover possible improvements to the modelling techniques are discussed. Within a gas turbine system absorption can also occur in the non-linear operating regime. Hence the influence of the orifice geometry upon the optimum non-linear acoustic absorption is also investigated. Furthermore the performance of non-linear acoustic absorption modelling techniques is evaluated against the conducted measurements. As the amplitudes within the combustion system increase the acoustic absorption will transition from the linear to the non-linear regime. This is important for the design of absorbers or cooling geometries for gas turbine combustion systems as the propensity for hot gas ingestion increases. Hence the relevant parameters and phenomena are investigated during the transition process from linear to non-linear acoustic absorption. The unsteady velocity field during linear and non-linear acoustic absorption is captured using particle image velocimetry. A novel analysis technique is developed which enables the identification of the unsteady flow field associated with the acoustic absorption. In this way an investigation into the relevant mechanisms within the unsteady flow fields to describe the acoustic absorption behaviour of the investigated orifice plates is conducted. This methodology will also help in the development and optimisation of future damping systems and provide validation for more sophisticated 3D numerical modelling methods. Finally a set of design tools developed during this work will be discussed which enable a comprehensive preliminary design of non-resonant and resonant acoustic absorbers with multiple perforated liners within a gas turbine combustion system. The tool set is applied to assess the impact of the gas turbine combustion system space envelope, complex swirling flow fields and the propensity to hot gas ingestion in the preliminary design stages.

The initial slow viscous growth of the Tollmein-Schlichting wave in a canonical boundary layer transition is absent in bypass and wake-induced transitions. Although there have been a great deal of studies pertaining to bypass transition in boundary layers, the underlying breakdown mechanism is not clearly understood and it continues to be a subject of interest. Similarly, a wake-induced transition caused by Karman wake in the freestream remains poorly understood. The breakdown in this case is caused by anisotropic disturbances containing large scale unsteadiness in the freestream. Differing view points among workers on the transition process have also added to the complexities. In this thesis, bypass and wake-induced boundary layer transitions studied experimentally towards understanding various flow breakdown features are reported. The measurements were made on a flat plate boundary layer in a low-speed wind tunnel. The particle image velocimetry (PIV) technique was extensively used. Various grids were used to generate nearly isotropic freestream turbulence. A circular cylinder was placed at different heights from the plate leading edge to generate Karman wake in the freestream. Two cylinders of different diameters were used to vary the Reynolds number(based on the cylinder diameter). The PIV measurements being simultaneous over a large spatial domain enabled to assess various spatial transitional flow structures. In the case of bypass transition, the streamwise velocity fluctuation, u, is found to exhibit some organized negative and positive fluctuations that dominate the flow during transition, and confirm the simulation results reported in the literature. These positive and negative u fluctuations are found to be associated with the streak unsteadiness. By conditional sampling of these positive and negative u fluctuations, we find that urms (root-mean-squaredof u)can be expressed as a linear combination of urms,f and urms,b,i.e. urms = a(urms,f + urms,b); ais constant, and the subscripts fand bdenote the positive and nega-tive ufluctuations, respectively. Both urms,f and urms,b arefoundto follow the non-modal growth distribution. The wall-normal results clearly show that an inclined shear layer is often associated with an organized structure of negative ufluctuations and an inflectional in-stantaneous velocity profile. These inclined shear layers appear to be similar to those in ribbon-induced transition. The turbulent spot precursor appears to be the vortex shedding from an oscillating in-clined shear layer. Interestingly, the normalized vortex shedding fre-quency is found to be Reynolds number invariant, as in the case of ribbon-induced transition. The present study also confirms the sim-ulated turbulent spot features, including a thin log-law at the break-down stage. The spanwise plane PIV results reveal the signature of streak secondary instability in the flow in terms of symmetric and anti-symmetric streaks oscillations. The initial growth of streak amplitude is followed by a slow decay. The maximum streak amplitude is well above30% of the freestream velocity. These two aspects provide support to the streak instability analysis reported in the literature. While the present wake-induced transition study provides some sup-port to the available numerical simulation and experimental results, some new results have also emerged. The measured sharp rise in the disturbance energy during transition is found to be closer to the simulated result, compared to the difference reported in the literature. The spanwise vortices in the early stage, as also seen in other experimental studies, deform leading to the formation of lambda structures, the signature of which is found by the linear stochastic analysis. With increased Reynolds number and decreased cylinder height from the plate, the physical size of the lambda structure is found to decrease. These lambda structures are often found to appear in a staggered manner in the spanwise plane, as in the case of sub-harmonic boundary layer transition. Although a sub-harmonic peak in the frequency spectra is reported in the literature, as also in the present study, the clear staggered pattern went unnoticed. Streamwise streaks are subsequently generated due to the mean shear stretching of these lambda vortices. The spanwise spacing of these streamwise streaks is found to be comparable with the recent simulation results. Also, these streaks are found to undergo somewhat sinuous-like oscillations, compared to the only varicose type oscillations reported in the literature. The streak amplitude is found to saturate at about 35% of the freestream speed. Here again an inclined shear layer in the wall-normal plane is associated with organized negative u fluctuations and an inflectional instantaneous velocity profile. The movement of the peak urms towards the wall is found to be due to the positive u fluctuation, which follows a hairpin-like structure. The inclined shear layers herein are associated with the lambda or a hairpin-like structure. As in a by-pass transition, an inclined shear layer, vortex shedding from it, the imprint of which is also found in the linear stochastic analysis are present. The normalized high frequency shed vortices is found to be Reynolds number invariant in the present wake-induced transition, as in ribbon-induced and bypass transitions. Compared to the re-cent suggestion that the parent-offspring mechanism is the governing self-sustaining mechanism in the boundary layer, the present study suggests that streak-instability mechanism is also present. The proper orthogonal decomposition(POD) analysis of the experimental data was carried out with an emphasis on the bypass transition case studied. The first few energetic POD modes are found to capture the dominant flow structures, i.e. the organized positive and negative u fluctuations. In the case of bypass transition, the first two energetic POD modes are self-similar, i.e. independent of the freestream turbulent intensity and the Reynolds number. An attempt is also made to construct a low-dimensional model with the POD eigenfunction modes to predict the qualitative dynamics of bypass transition. This has revealed the existence of a traveling disturbance in the bypass transition. On the whole, the present study shows some similar breakdown features in bypass and wake-induced transitions, although more studies in this regard are essential.

Experiments are done using a smooth solid rigid homogeneous acrylic sphere rolling on an inclined plane which is submerged in water. The motivation for these experiments comes from a need to understand a class of solid-fluid interaction problems that include sediment transport, movement of gravel on ocean floor and river bed due to water currents. Experiments are performed in a glass water tank 15 cm wide by 14 cm deep by 61 cm long which can be tilted to desired angle. The sphere is released from rest on the inclined false bottom of the tank in quiescent water. Our experimental study has twofold aim: (1)to study the boundary layer separation, the three-dimensional eddying motion in the wake and the near-wake structure and(2) to establish hydrodynamic force coefficients by analyzing kinematical data of the sphere motion from start to till it attains terminal velocity. Experiments are carried out at moderate Reynolds number Rearound1500. Previous studies on the first problem exist in the literature for Reup to 350. Previous studies on the second problem do not clearly define the added-mass coefficient and the influence of the water tank side-walls on the drag coefficient. In the first study, the characterization of the wake is done using flow visualization methods (fluoresce in dye visualization and particle streak visualization) and Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV). Laser light sheet obtained from an argon ion continuous laser beam is taken in different orientations to illuminate the fluoresce in dye or 14 m silver-coated hollow glass spheres. These experiments show that the wake behind the rolling sphere up to 1.6 diameters (or 1.6D) downstream is confined within height 1.2Dand width1.2D. At about 1.8Ddownstream, the wake sways alternately on either side of the equatorial plane, moving in lateral-vertical direction and moving out of the confining region; this gives zigzag appearance to the wake. Also in these experiments, we observe that the flow separations from the surface of the rolling sphere show three separation zones. The eddies shed from the primary separation surface on the upper hemisphere are symmetrical about the equatorial plane with Strouhal number St=1.0. The primary separation is affected by the symmetrical secondary separations on the rear surface in the piggyback region — it is the region near the upper rear surface of the sphere behind the transverse equatorial plane and below the primary separation surface. The lower eddies below the primary separation zone are shed alternately on either side of the equatorial plane with shedding frequency St=0.5. Our experiments show that there is a viscous blockage of width 0.4Dat the crevice near the point of contact. On either side of the viscous blockage at the crevice, we see weak symmetric eddies. Based on our experimental observations, we proceed to build a simple physical model of the separated flow on the surface of the rolling sphere. In the second study, the motion of the sphere is photographed and paired data of the displacement and time is obtained for the sphere motion from the start of motion till terminal velocity is reached at about 4.5 sphere diameters from the point of release of the sphere. Equation of motion of the sphere is solved numerically treating added-mass coefficient Ca and drag coefficient Cd as parameters. Experimental data is fitted on these solutions and the best fit gives the values of the force coefficients. Theoretical value of Ca equal to 0.621 is confirmed experimentally. Value of Cd is found to be 1.23 at Re=990 and it is 1.06 at Re= 1900. Side-wall effects become important for ratio of diameter of sphere to width of tank greaterthan0.20.

An isolated wing-tip vortex from a square-tipped NACA 0012 wing at an angle of attack of 5 degrees was studied in a water tunnel at a chord based Reynolds number of approximately 24000. Measurements were taken using stereo particle image velocimetry at three measurement planes downstream of the wing under each of three freestream turbulence conditions. The amplitude of wandering of the vortex axis increased with increasing distance downstream of the wing and with increasing freestream turbulence intensity. The magnitude of the peak azimuthal velocity decreased with increasing distance from the wing as well as with increases in the freestream turbulence intensity. The streamwise velocity in the vortex core was less than the freestream velocity in all cases. Time resolved histories of the instantaneous waveform shape and location of the vortex axis were determined from sequences of images of fluorescent dye released from the wing.

The motion of shock waves is important in many fields of engineering and increasingly so with medical applications and applications to inertial confinement fusion technologies. The flow structures that moving shock waves create when they encounter a change in area is complex and can be difficult to understand. Previousresearchers have carried out experimental studies and many numerical studies looking at this problem in more detail. There has been a discrepancy between numerical and experimental work which had remained unanswered. One of the aims of this project is to try and resolve the discrepancy between numerical and experimental work and try to investigate what experimental techniques are suitable for work of this type and the exact way in which they should be applied. Most previous work has focused on sharp changes in geometry which induce immediate flow separation. In this project rounded corners will also be investigated and the complex flow features will be analyzed.Two geometries, namely a sharp 172 degree knife-edge and a 2.8 mm radius rounded corner will be investigated at three experimental pressure ratios of 4, 8 and 12 using air as the driver gas. This yields experimental shock Mach numbers of 1.28, 1.46 and 1.55. High-speed schlieren and shadowgraph photography with varying levels of sensitivity were used to qualitatively investigate the wave structures. Particle image velocimetry (PIV), pressure-sensitive paint (PSP) and traditional pressure transducers were used to quantify the flow field. Numerical simulations were performed using the commercial package Fluent to investigate the effect of numerical schemes on the flow field produced and for comparison with the experimental results. The sharp geometry was simulated successfully using an inviscid simulation while the rounded geometry required the addition of laminar viscosity. Reynolds number effects will be only sparsely referred to in this project as the flows under investigation show largely inviscid characteristics. As the flow is developing in time rather than in space, quotation of a distance-based Reynolds number is not entirely appropriate; however, Reynolds number based on the same spatial location but varying in time will be mentioned. The density-based diagnostics in this project were designed to have a depth of field appropriate to the test under consideration. This approach has been used relatively few times despite its easy setup and significant impact on the results. This project contains the first quantative use of PIV and PSP to shock wave diffraction. Previous studies have almost exclusively used density-based diagnostics which, although give the best impression of the flow field, do not allow for complete analysis and explanation of all of the flow features present. PIV measurements showed a maximum uncertainty of 5% while the PSP measurements showed an uncertainty of approximately 10%.The shock wave diffraction process, vortex formation, shear layer structure, secondary and even tertiary expansions and the shock vortex interaction were investigate. The experimental results have shown that using one experimental technique in isolation can give misleading results. Only by using a combination of experimental techniques can we achieve a complete understanding of the flow field and draw conclusions on the validity of the numerical results. Expanding the range of the experimental techniques currently in use is vital for experimental aerodynamic testing to remain relevant in an industry increasingly dominated by numerical research. To this end, significant research work has been carried out on extending the range of the PSP technique to allow for the capture of shock wave diffraction, one of the fastest transient fluid processes, and for applications to low-speed flow (< 20 ms−1).

De nos jours, l’énergie délivrée par la combustion dépasse 80% de l‟énergie totale dans le monde, et ce pourcentage restera probablement élevé le long des 100 prochaines années. La plupart des systèmes réactifs qui génèrent la combustion turbulente sont utilisés dans la fabrication, le transport et l‟industrie pour la génération des puissances. Comme résultat, l‟émission des polluants est parmi les problèmes majeurs qui sont devenus des facteurs critiques dans notre société. Dans ce cadre, une étude détaillée des systèmes réactifs est alors nécessaire pour la conception de systèmes de haute performance qui s‟adaptent aux technologies modernes. L'optimisation des performances de ces systèmes énergétiques permet d‟une part d‟économiser l'énergie et d‟autre part de réduire la pollution. Les jets turbulents sont impliqués dans l'efficacité de ces divers systèmes. Dans le cas isotherme, la complexité des écoulements turbulents résulte principalement de la coexistence des structures de tailles très différentes et de l‟interaction non linéaire entre ces structures. Les plus grandes structures dépendent fortement de la géométrie du domaine considéré, elles sont donc anisotropes. De plus, elles ont une grande durée de vie et elles sont responsables du transport de la quasi-totalité de l'énergie. Les plus petites structures, quant à elles, ont souvent un caractère beaucoup plus "universel" (dû à leur comportement relativement isotrope) et sont à l'origine du processus de dissipation visqueuse. Prédire numériquement la dispersion et le mélange d‟un scalaire non réactif dans un écoulement turbulent est considéré comme un problème primordial et reste toujours actuel. Plusieurs recherches sont attachés à ce sujet afin d‟approfondir de plus à la connaissance de différents phénomènes pour pouvoir les mieux prédire. La prédiction numérique du mélange turbulent existant dans plusieurs applications industrielles et environnementales, a un important intérêt en génie chimique. Il est nécessaire donc de bien comprendre la majorité de propriétés du mélange et de l‟écoulement. En combustion, la complication du comportement des jets résulte de l‟interaction entre le dégagement de la chaleur, les processus de mélange, l'entraînement et la recirculation des gaz. Pour bien comprendre la complexité de ce phénomène, il est nécessaire de connaître parfaitement l'évolution dynamique et scalaire des jets turbulents isothermes en présence d'importantes différences de densité, comme elles peuvent lors de la combustion. Cette optimisation passe par la compréhension de l'effet de la variation des conditions d'entrée sur les processus de mélange dans le cas non réactif et sur la stabilité et la nature de la flamme dans le cas réactif. Ainsi, des études théoriques, expérimentales et numériques, doivent être menées en parallèle pour mieux identifier les effets d'une telle intervention. Bien des questions demeurent ouvertes dans le but de mieux caractériser les différents écoulements turbulents réactifs. Les objectifs des études menées dans ce domaine sont la réduction des émissions de polluants et l‟amélioration du rendement de combustion. Une compréhension du mélange et leur interaction avec les différents processus chimiques traduit donc un enjeu majeur. Elle est considéré alors comme un facteur déterminant la qualité des variétés des procèdes. Ce travail de thèse se base sur les jets coaxiaux qui constituent un cas particulier de jet axisymétrique. Ils sont communément rencontrés dans des différents brûleurs industriels qui assurent le contact entre le comburant et le carburant sous une forme de jets coaxiaux. Cette technique est le siège d‟une amélioration du mélange et de la stabilité des flammes. / Résumé non fourni

La valorisation des effluents gazeux à faible pouvoir calorifique, sous-produits de différents procédés industriels (gazéification du charbon ou de la biomasse, rejets industriels) apparait aujourd’hui comme une solution alternative pour accroître l’efficacité globale des systèmes de combustion par réduction des coûts énergétiques et contrôle des rejets dans l’environnement. Dans ce contexte, une étude expérimentale d'oxyflammes d'un gaz à très bas pouvoir calorifique, le gaz de haut fourneau (BFG), est réalisée pour évaluer l'effet conjoint de l'oxycombustion et du préchauffage des réactifs pour la stabilisation des flammes turbulentes. La configuration du brûleur consiste en un jet annulaire de gaz de haut fourneau (BFG), entouré de deux injections d’oxygène (interne ‘O2i’ et externe ‘O2e’). Son dimensionnement s’appuie sur une méthodologie originale basée sur la détermination d’une vitesse de convection critique UC* à l’extinction de flamme, dérivée d’une valeur expérimentale d'un nombre de Damköhler critique Dac*. Les structures de flammes sont caractérisées par imagerie de chimiluminescence OH* et les propriétés thermiques et chimiques sont évaluées par mesures de température et flux thermique à la paroi et de la composition des fumées. Les champs aérodynamiques 2D des écoulements réactifs sont mesurés par PIV. Quatre principales topologies de flamme sont observées avec cette configuration de brûleur et classées suivant leur mode de combustion. Sans préchauffage, les deux flammes concentriques, interne ‘O2i-BFG’ et externe ‘BFG-O2e’, sont attachées au brûleur à basse puissance (Type A) ; la flamme BFG-O2e peut présenter une stabilité intermittente (Type B), ou se décrocher du brûleur (Type C) à la puissance nominale de dimensionnement. Avec préchauffage des réactifs, la flamme annulaire BFG-O2e reste toujours accrochée au brûleur et la flamme centrale O2i-BFG présente une zone d’extinction locale pour des fortes valeurs de vitesse d’O2i (Type D). L’ensemble des résultats a permis de mettre en avant un bon accord entre les prédictions théoriques et les valeurs expérimentales de UC* avec un élargissement des domaines de stabilité de flamme avec le préchauffage. L'analyse aérodynamique permet de caractériser les transitions entre les structures de flammes. Une validation du critère de dimensionnement de l’oxy-brûleur est aussi effectuée par changement d’échelle, grâce à des mesures réalisées sur une installation semi-industrielle de 180 kW. / The effective utilisation of low calorific value fuel, as gaseous by-products of coal/biomass or industrial residual gases, provides not only excellent opportunities for low cost power generation but also for the reduction of environmental impact of combustion. The present work aims to consider the combination of oxyfuel combustion with fuel and/or oxygen preheating in order to increase thermal efficiency by heat recovery and enhance oxyfuel flame stabilization of blast furnace gas (BFG). This experimental study is performed with a burner consisting in an annular jet of BFG surrounded by two injections of oxygen (internal 'O2i' and external 'O2e'). Its dimensions are determined from an original design strategy based on an experimentally critical Damköhler number Dac*, which represents the theoretical limit of stabilisation of a turbulent diffusion BFG-O2 flame with preheated reactants. Flames structures are characterized by OH* chemiluminescence imaging. Thermal and chemical flame properties are evaluated by temperature and radiative flux analysis and pollutant emissions measurements. The 2D aerodynamic fields of reactive flows are determined by velocity measurements by PIV. Four LCV flames structures are resulting from this burner configuration. Without preheating, two concentric flames, internal 'O2i-BFG' and external 'BFG-O2e', are anchored at the burner (Type A) at low thermal power. When increasing the latter, the external flame BFG-O2e manifests some local fluctuations (Type B) or is lifted-off (Type C). With reactants preheating, the BFG-O2e flame is always anchored at the burner tip and the O2i-BFG flame could have local extinction zone for very high values of internal oxygen velocity (Type D). The results highlight a good agreement between theoretical and experimental critical velocity UC* which significantly increases with preheating. The aerodynamics study points out the transitions between the different flames structures. At semi-industrial scale, flames show similar structures to those obtained at laboratory scale. This validates the burner design strategy of preheated oxyfuel combustion adapted to LCV fuels, as well as the scale up criteria used.