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Turbulent fountains in a closed chamber

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 April 2006

W. D. Baines ,
A. F. Corriveau  and
T. J. Reedman
W. D. Baines
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, M5S 1A4, Canada
A. F. Corriveau
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, M5S 1A4, Canada
T. J. Reedman
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, M5S 1A4, Canada
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Abstract

An experimental and numerical investigation of the density distribution produced in a container by a negatively buoyant jet has been undertaken to evaluate the effect of the forced vertical motion of the environment. Vertical motion results from inflows and exhausts above and below the jet. Three distinct cases were identified. In the first, a velocity in the environment opposed the jet and produced a steady flow. This configuration was used to measure the entrainment flux along the length of the fountain. This configuration is similar to a jet impinging on an interface for which the entrainment depends on the local Froude number. The experiments covered a wider range of local Froude numbers than previously published and have produced results which are different from those in the literature. In the second case, the environment was at rest except for the motion induced by the fountain. An interface formed at the base of the fountain and moved quickly to the top. Once there, it advanced slowly due to entrainment through the end of the fountain and the length of the fountain increased. The final case is a co-flowing environment. No interface formed if the environment velocity was greater than the advance velocity of the end of the fountain. However, one formed for a smaller environment velocity and the end of the fountain was observed to undergo a quasi-periodic jump phenomenon. The top of the fountain would advance with the environment particles for a short time and then snap back to the elevation of a fountain in an infinite environment. A new interface formed and the cycle repeated.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 255 , October 1993 , pp. 621 - 646
Copyright
© 1993 Cambridge University Press

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