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Large-scale structure in the far field of byoyant jets

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 April 2006

Dimitris Papantoniou  and
E. John List
Dimitris Papantoniou
Affiliation:
ETH - Hönggerberg, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
E. John List
Affiliation:
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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Abstract

The flow structure and entrainment mechanisms in the far field of a round vertical buoyant jet have been studied experimentally by use of an optical technique based on laser-induced fluorescence (LIF). A large number of essentially instantaneous tracer concentration profiles were recorded for each experimental run by combining LIF with linear photodiode array imaging and high-speed digital data acquisition. Analysis of the resulting high-resolution flow images indicates that the far-field region is dominated by the periodic passage of structures spanning the entire radial flow extent. Ambient fluid is entrained by vortical motions and is transported to regions deep into the flow interior. Correlation analysis discloses that the passage frequency of the structures scales with the local mean velocity and flow width. Conditional averaging of the data indicates that the downstream frontal region of the structure is well mixed and at higher concentration level than the back and side regions where ambient fluid is intermittently present. This results in an axial concentration gradient within the structure, analogous to the ramp-like pattern previously observed in heated air jets. In comparison to the momentum-driven flow the ambient fluid presence in the flow interior is greatly increased when body forces are the driving mechanism. This appears to result from the influence of buoyancy forces in the production of turbulent vortices at the integral scale. An important feature of both the momentum-driven and buoyancy-driven flows investigated is the strongly intermittent character of the concentration field. This raises the issue of the appropriateness of gradient-diffusion theories for the description of such flows.

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 209 , December 1989 , pp. 151 - 190
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© 1989 Cambridge University Press

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