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Simple Expressions for the Spread of Turbulent Jets

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 June 2016

L. J. S. Bradbury
L. J. S. Bradbury*
Affiliation:
Aeronautics Department, Imperial College of Science and Technology
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Summary

Simple expressions are derived for predicting the spread of turbulent jets issuing into parallel moving airstreams. Difficulties with applying these expressions to practical problems are discussed and comparisons with experimental results are given.

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Research Article
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Aeronautical Quarterly , Volume 18 , Issue 2 , May 1967 , pp. 133 - 142
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society. 1967

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