Velocity and Foldover of the Turbulent Non-Turbulent Interface in a Plane Jet.

Abstract

A unique measure of the lateral component of the velocity of the turbulent-nonturbulent interface was defined and expressed in terms of the crossing frequency and intermittency, both parameters of the turbulent flow field. The velocity of the interface was compared for different turbulent shear flows and was found to show a trend of similarity. Experimental measurements of the velocity of the interface were taken in a two dimensional plane jet and found to correspond with the predicted values. Other characteristics of the interface were investigated and reported in this work. It was noted that the velocity of the front and back of the interface were not the same. A measure of the amount of folding in the interface as a function of location within the jet was also reported. It was found experimentally that the amount of folding increases directly with the intermittency. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA066186

Entities

People

  • D. J. Mulej
  • V. W. Goldschmidt

Organizations

  • Purdue University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Crossings
  • Detectors
  • Flow
  • Flow Fields
  • Frequency
  • Heat Flux
  • Hot Wire
  • Layers
  • Measurement
  • Reynolds Number
  • Shear Flow
  • Stratified Fluids
  • Tunnels
  • Turbulent Flow
  • Two Dimensional
  • Wind Tunnels

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.
  • Regression Analysis.