A Study of Incompressible, Bounded Turbulent Jets

A Study of Incompressible, Bounded Turbulent Jets
Author: John F. FOSS
Publisher:
Total Pages: 273
Release: 1964
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The purpose of the investigation was twofold. First, studies were directed toward the establishment and investigation of the three-dimensional effects of a single-bounded jet flow between parallel plates. Second, an investigation was made of the jet interaction problem which is the governing factor in all proportional fluid amplifier devices and is an important factor in the operation of bistable amplifier elements. Tests were conducted on jet deflection, mean flow, and the effects of nozzle geometry and momentum flux ratios.

Four-Part Study on Bounded and Intersecting Jets

Four-Part Study on Bounded and Intersecting Jets
Author: J. F. Foss
Publisher:
Total Pages: 10
Release: 1970
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An extensive investigation of bounded and intersecting plane, incompressible, turbulent jets is reported. The objective of both the bounded and intersecting jet studies was to establish rational (fluid mechanics) flow models for both flow fields. Further objectives were (1) to use the intersecting jets model to determine the optimum geometry for a high-gain proportional amplifier, and (2) to predict the aspect ratio dependence of the secondary flow and other three-dimensional effects in the bounded jet. The desired flow models were established on a qualitative basis and interpreted with respect to the objectives for the separate studies. (Author).

A Numerical Study of Confined Turbulent Jets

A Numerical Study of Confined Turbulent Jets
Author: J. Zhu
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Total Pages: 30
Release: 1993
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A numerical investigation is reported of turbulent incompressible jets confined in two ducts, one cylindrical and the other conical with a 5 degree divergence. In each case, three Craya-Curtet numbers are considered which correspond, respectively, to flow situations with no moderate and strong recirculation. Turbulence closure is achieved by using the k-epsilon model and a recently proposed realizable Reynolds stress algebraic equation model that relates the Reynolds stresses explicitly to the quadratic terms of the mean velocity gradients and ensures the positiveness of each component of the turbulent kinetic energy. Calculations are carried out with a finite-volume procedure using boundary-fitted curvilinear coordinates. A second-order accurate, bounded convection scheme and sufficiently fine grids are used to prevent the solutions from being contaminated by numerical diffusion. The calculated results are compared extensively with the available experimental data. It is shown that the numerical methods presented are capable of capturing the essential flow features observed in the experiments and that the realizable Reynolds stress algebraic equation model performs much better than the k-epsilon model for this class of flows of great practical importance.

Turbulent Jets

Turbulent Jets
Author: N. Rajaratnam
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 315
Release: 1976-01-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0080869963

Turbulent Jets

Theory of Viscous-fluid Jets

Theory of Viscous-fluid Jets
Author: L. A. Vulis
Publisher:
Total Pages: 537
Release: 1967
Genre: Jets
ISBN:

The book is devoted to the results of investigations of a broad and widespread category of incompressible fluid motions in the form of laminar and turbulent jets. The development of computational methods applicable to an important type of jet streams and based on a consistent and systematic study of jet flows with a theoretical approach is the aim of the monograph. There are four parts to the book, including a foreword and an introduction. The first part deals with the solutions of jet problems based on the exact Navier-Stokes equations for incompressible fluids and, in particular, with the Landau investigation of the propagation of a submerged axially symmetric viscous fluid jet issuing from a thin tube. The second part contains a detailed analysis of laminar jet streams of an incompressible fluid by methods of boundary layer theory. In addition to free jets flowing into a stationary medium or into homogeneous wake flows, semibounded jets (wall jets) are considered. Turbulent jets of liquids and gases are the subjects of the third part, in which self-similar solutions for free and wall jet sources are investigated. It also contains detailed experimental data obtained under the guidance of one of the authors in thermophysical laboratories in Alma Ata for comparison with the theoretical results. The fourth part deals with certain theoretical and experimental problems of jet streams which may be regarded as complementary to the main topics treated in this book. Among them are complex turbulent jet streams, patterns of diffusion flames, and jets in magnetohydrodynamics. (Author).