JETS AND WAKES IN TAILORED PRESSURE GRADIENT,

Abstract

Similarity solutions of the boundary layer equations representing the flow of jets in an external stream and tailored pressure gradients were obtained. These solutions apply to jets in co-flowing and counter-flowing streams. A number of analytical solutions not previously published were obtained. Of particular interest are the solutions for small increment jets which imply that a Gaussian velocity profile exists far downstream from the origin of the jet, even in arbitrary pressure gradient. The solutions were extended to turbulent flow using the hypothesis of a constant eddy viscosity, which, in turn, was modified to account for intermittency. The theoretical predictions were compared with the measurements of Gartshore in self-preserving wakes and the agreement between theory and experiment is good. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0669004

Entities

People

  • H. E. Fiedler
  • I. Wygnanski

Organizations

  • Boeing

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Equations
  • Flow
  • Layers
  • Measurement
  • Pressure Gradients
  • Turbulent Flow
  • Viscosity

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.
  • Statistical inference.