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Published November 10, 2006 | public
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Reynolds-number effects and anisotropy in transverse-jet mixing

Abstract

Experiments are described which measured concentration fields in liquid-phase strong transverse jets over the Reynolds-number range 1.0×10^3 ≤ Rej ≤ 20×10^3. Laser-induced-fluorescence measurements were made of the jet-fluid-concentration fields at a jet-to-freestream velocity ratio of Vr =10. The concentration-field data for far-field (x/dj =50) slices of the jet show that turbulent mixing in the transverse jet is Reynolds number dependent over the range investigated, with a scalar-field PDF that evolves with Reynolds number. A growing peak in the PDF, indicating enhanced spatial homogenization of the jet-fluid concentration field, is found with increasing Reynolds number. Comparisons between transverse jets and jets discharging into quiescent reservoirs show that the transverse jet is an efficient mixer in that it entrains more fluid than the ordinary jet, yet is able to effectively mix and homogenize the additional entrained fluid. Analysis of the structure of the scalar field using distributions of scalar increments shows evidence for well-mixed plateaux separated by sharp cliffs in the jet-fluid concentration field, as previously shown in other flows. Furthermore, the scalar field is found to be anisotropic, even at small length scales. Evidence for local anisotropy is seen in the scalar power spectra, scalar microscales, and PDFs of scalar increments in different directions. The scalar-field anisotropy is shown to be correlated to the vortex-induced large-scale strain field of the transverse jet. These experiments add to the existing evidence that the large and small scales of high-Schmidt-number turbulent mixing flows can be linked, with attendant consequences for the universality of small scales of the scalar field for Reynolds numbers up to at least Re=20×10^4.

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Copyright © 2006 Cambridge University Press. Reprinted with permission. (Received 23 May 2005 and in revised form 8 January 2006). Published online 5 October 2006 We are grateful for assistance of D. Lang with the Cassini digital imaging system, and of S. Lombeyda with the three-dimensional visualizations. We also thank P. Svitek for his help with mechanical design and the operation of the GALCIT free-surface water tunnel. M. Gharib, H. Hornung, A. Leonard and Z. Warhaft provided helpful comments on the text. This work was supported by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (F49620-98-1-0052 and F49620-01-1-0006) and a NDSEG fellowship. J.W.S. acknowledges the support of P. Atsavapranee and I.-Y. Koh for the revision of this text. Development of the Cassini system was supported by DURIP grant F49620-95-1-0199, and AFOSR grants F49620-94-1-0283 and F49620-00-1-0036. The three-dimensional visualizations were mode possible by NSF MRI grant 0079871.

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