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Plane turbulent buoyant jets. Part 1. Integral properties

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2006

Nikolas E. Kotsovinos  and
E. J. List
Nikolas E. Kotsovinos
Affiliation:
W. M. Keck Laboratory of Hydraulics and Water Resources, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena Present address: School of Engineering, University of Patras, Greece.
E. J. List
Affiliation:
W. M. Keck Laboratory of Hydraulics and Water Resources, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
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Abstract

An integral technique suggested for the analysis of turbulent jets by Corrsin & Uberoi (1950) and Morton, Taylor & Turner (1956) is re-examined in an attempt to improve the description of the entrainment. It is determined that the hypothesis of Priestley & Ball (1955), that the entrainment coefficient is a linear function of the jet Richardson number, is reasonable, and that two empirically determined plume parameters are sufficient to describe the transition of buoyant jets to plumes. The results of a series of experiments in which both time-averaged velocity and time-averaged temperature profiles were recorded in a substantial number of plane turbulent buoyant jets of varying initial Richardson numbers are used to verify the basic ideas. In addition, measurements of the mean tracer flux in a series of buoyant jets indicate that as much as 40% of the transport in plumes is by the turbulent flux.

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Research Article
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 81 , Issue 1 , 9 June 1977 , pp. 25 - 44
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© 1977 Cambridge University Press

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