Affiliation:
1. Department of Aeronautics, Imperial College London, London, UK
Abstract
We study the self-similarity and dissipation scalings of a turbulent planar jet and the theoretically implied mean flow scalings. Unlike turbulent wakes where such studies have already been carried out (Dairay
et al.
2015
J. Fluid Mech
.
781
, 166–198. (
doi:10.1017/jfm.2015.493
); Obligado
et al.
2016
Phys. Rev. Fluids
1
, 044409. (
doi:10.1103/PhysRevFluids.1.
044409)), this is a boundary-free turbulent shear flow where the local Reynolds number increases with distance from inlet. The Townsend–George theory revised by (Dairay
et al.
2015
J. Fluid Mech
.
781
, 166–198. (
doi:10.1017/jfm.2015.493
)) is applied to turbulent planar jets. Only a few profiles need to be self-similar in this theory. The self-similarity of mean flow, turbulence dissipation, turbulent kinetic energy and Reynolds stress profiles is supported by our experimental results from 18 to at least 54 nozzle sizes, the furthermost location investigated in this work. Furthermore, the non-equilibrium dissipation scaling found in turbulent wakes, decaying grid-generated turbulence, various instances of periodic turbulence and turbulent boundary layers (Dairay
et al.
2015
J. Fluid Mech
.
781
, 166–198. (
doi:10.1017/jfm.2015.493
); Vassilicos 2015
Annu. Rev. Fluid Mech
.
95
, 114. (
doi:10.1146/annurev-fluid-010814-014637
); Goto & Vassilicos 2015
Phys. Lett. A
3790
, 1144–1148. (
doi:10.1016/j.physleta.2015.02.025
); Nedic
et al.
2017
Phys. Rev. Fluids
2
, 032601. (
doi:10.1103/PhysRevFluids.2.032601
)) is also observed in the present turbulent planar jet and in the turbulent planar jet of (Antonia
et al.
1980
Phys. Fluids
23
, 863055. (
doi:10.1063/1.863055
)). Given these observations, the theory implies new mean flow and jet width scalings which are found to be consistent with our data and the data of (Antonia
et al.
1980
Phys. Fluids
23
, 863055. (
doi:10.1063/1.863055
)). In particular, it implies a hitherto unknown entrainment behaviour: the ratio of characteristic cross-stream to centreline streamwise mean flow velocities decays as the −1/3 power of streamwise distance in the region, where the non-equilibrium dissipation scaling holds.
Funder
FP7 Ideas: European Research Council
Subject
General Physics and Astronomy,General Engineering,General Mathematics
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