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The stability and transition of a two-dimensional jet

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2006

Hiroshi Sato
Hiroshi Sato
Affiliation:
Aeronautical Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Japan
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Abstract

A study was made of the transition of a two-dimensional jet. In the region where laminar flow becomes unstable, two kinds of sinusoidal velocity fluctuation have been found; one is symmetrical and the other is anti-symmetrical with respect to the centre line of the jet. The fluctuations grow exponentially at first and develop into turbulence without being accompanied by abrupt bursts or turbulent spots.

The response characteristics of laminar jets to artificial external excitation were investigated in detail by using sound as an exciting agent. The effect of excitation was seen to be most remarkable when the frequency of excitation coincides with that of self-excited sinusoidal fluctuations.

Numerical solutions of equation of small disturbances superposed on laminar flow were obtained assuming the Reynolds number as infinity. Theoretical eigenvalues and eigenfunctions are in good agreement with experimental results, thus verifying the existence of a region of linear disturbance in the two-dimensional jet.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 7 , Issue 1 , January 1960 , pp. 53 - 80
Copyright
© 1960 Cambridge University Press

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