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A perspective view of the plane mixing layer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2006

Javier Jimenez ,
Marta Cogollos  and
Luis P. Bernal
Javier Jimenez
Affiliation:
IBM Scientific Centre, Paseo Castellana 4, 28046-Madrid. Spain
Marta Cogollos
Affiliation:
School of Aeronautics, Universidad Politécnica Madrid, 28040-Madrid, Spain
Luis P. Bernal
Affiliation:
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 Present address, Dept Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich., 48109.
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Abstract

A three-dimensional model of the plane mixing layer is constructed by applying digital image processing to laser fluorescence motion pictures of the layer, and displayed using computer graphic techniques. A system of streamwise counterrotating vortices is shown to exist on top of the classical spanwise eddies, and its influence in mixing is discussed briefly. Some quantitative information on their strength is also given.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 152 , March 1985 , pp. 125 - 143
Copyright
© 1985 Cambridge University Press

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