The Effect of Froude Number on Entrainment in Two-Dimensional Line Plumes
- 1 September 1981
- journal article
- Published by ASME International in Journal of Fluids Engineering
- Vol. 103 (3) , 471-477
- https://doi.org/10.1115/1.3240818
Abstract
Theoretical results are presented which predict the entrainment coefficient in a forced plume as a function of the local Froude number. The model does not require any external specification of the velocity and temperature profiles. The Froude number for any plume, in a motionless isothermal ambient, approaches a universal constant, at a large distance above the source. However, it is shown here that the development length for the Froude number, in plumes with high discharge Froude number, is of the order of a few hundred times the discharge width.Keywords
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