Laboratory modelling of a round jet in an unsteady crossflow

K. M. Lam*, L. P. Xia

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We describe an experimental technique to investigate the effect of an oscillating crossflow on the dispersion of a turbulent round jet. A vertical jet-pipe-nozzle assembly is made to oscillate horizontally in the steady flow stream in a laboratory flume. To an observer moving with the assembly, the jet is issuing into a crossflow which consists of a mean current and a sinusoidally oscillating component. We use computer-aided flow visualisations to study the dispersion pattern and compare it with the pattern obtained by discharging a vertical jet into a horizontal flow with progressive shallow-water waves, a situation bearing a close similarity to a genuine oscillating flow with a non-zero mean velocity.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 1998 Thirteenth Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 13-18 December 1998
EditorsMC Thompson, K Hourigan
PublisherMonash University
Pages341-344
Number of pages4
ISBN (Print)0732620449, 9780732620448
Publication statusPublished - 1998
Externally publishedYes
EventProceedings of the 1998 Thirteenth Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference - Clayton, Victora, Australia
Duration: 13 Dec 199818 Dec 1998

Conference

ConferenceProceedings of the 1998 Thirteenth Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference
Country/TerritoryAustralia
CityClayton, Victora
Period13/12/9818/12/98

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