The instantaneous velocity fields of coherent structures in coflowing jets and wakes
- 13 November 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Fluid Mechanics
- Vol. 101 (2) , 243-256
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112080001644
Abstract
The instantaneous velocity vector fields which surround the coherent structures of Perry & Lim (1978) in coflowing jets and wakes have been successfully measured and related to the smoke patterns for Reynolds numbers of order 1000. By the use of critical point theory, a qualitative description of the three-dimensional flow field can be made and is applied to the simplest structures which were classified by Perry & Lim. From these results, the convection of smoke and vorticity from the source and the entrainment properties of the structures are discussed.Keywords
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