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The round laminar jet: the development of the flow field

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 April 2006

C. Sozou  and
W. M. Pickering
C. Sozou
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Mathematics and Computing Science, University of Sheffield, England
W. M. Pickering
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Mathematics and Computing Science, University of Sheffield, England
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Abstract

The development of the flow field of a jet emanating from a point source of momentum in an infinite incompressible fluid of density σ is considered. The flow field is assumed to be due to the application of a constant force F0 at the origin. The problem is formulated in terms of the dimensionless variable λ = (vt)½/r, where v is the kinematic viscosity of the fluid, t the time from the application of the force and r the distance from the origin. At a station r the flow field is dipolar, with the dipole axis in the direction of F0, for all t satisfying the inequalities vt Lt; r2 and F0t2 [Lt ] 4πρr4. Also, at a given time t the streamlines of the developing flow field in a section through the axis of symmetry of the problem form closed loops about a stagnation point. If this occurs at λ = λm, the stagnation point propagates to infinity, along a straight line emanating from the origin, with speed v½/2λmt½, where λm = λm(F0) decreases as F0 increases. The larger F0 is the faster the steady state is established.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 80 , Issue 4 , 23 May 1977 , pp. 673 - 683
Copyright
© 1977 Cambridge University Press

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