Abstract
In this study, the interaction with a free surface of an
initially axisymmetric jet issuing
beneath and parallel to the surface was examined. The purpose was to determine
the origin of the ‘surface current’ – the large outward
velocity which exists in a thin
layer adjacent to the surface. Using the equations of mean motion, it is shown that
near the surface, outward acceleration results from the balance between a positive
contribution from the lateral Reynolds-stress gradients and a negative contribution
from the lateral pressure gradient. The local pressure field near the free surface is
shown to be largely determined by the local Reynolds-stress field. Combining these
results shows that the lateral acceleration which results in the surface
current is related
to the Reynolds-stress anisotropy near the surface. The results indicate that there
should be roughly a three-fold increase in the lateral growth rate
of the jet near the
free surface and a similar increase in the outward velocity,
when compared to a deep
jet. Comparison to available experimental data showed that the maximum outward
velocity was consistent with the theory, and that the lateral scale of the
surface-current
layer was roughly double that of the deep jet, slightly smaller than expected. The
near-surface stress anisotropy was shown to be related to the
interaction of vorticity
with the free surface. This indicates that the results of this study
are consistent with
earlier explanations of the surface current in terms of
vortex/free-surface interaction.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Mechanical Engineering,Mechanics of Materials,Condensed Matter Physics
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24 articles.
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