Buoyant jet behavior in confined regions
Previous confined jet studies have emphasized the behavior of non-buoyant jets inside ducts or near plane boundaries (Coanda effect). Buoyancy, however, is a major factor in the confined jet behavior experienced in many environmental fluid mechanics problems and, in particular, in the external fluid...
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Cambridge, Mass. : Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Energy Laboratory, 1981
2011
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/60503 |
| Summary: | Previous confined jet studies have emphasized the behavior of non-buoyant jets inside ducts or near plane boundaries (Coanda effect). Buoyancy, however, is a major factor in the confined jet behavior experienced in many environmental fluid mechanics problems and, in particular, in the external fluid mechanics associated with an operating Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) plant. In many of these cases confinement and buoyancy offer opposing influences on jet trajectory and diffusion. |
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