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Title: Modeling the field of a passive scalar in a nonisothermal turbulent plane gas jet

Journal Article · · J. Eng. Phys. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00870525· OSTI ID:6003266

The problem of the distribution of thermal characteristics in a plane nonisothermal turbulent gas jet in the case of large Reynolds numbers and a small temperature difference, allowing heat to be regarded as a passive impurity, is solved in the range of jet cross sections 20-100 caliber by a second-order correlational model of turbulence and an effective numerical algorithm. Analysis of the results show that the model allows computational data in good agreement with experiment to be obtained in the range of jet cross section 20-100 diameters. The relative error in determining the maximum values of the functions is 3-10% for the dynamic characteristics while the mean temperature and its mean square pulsations are determined with an accuracy of 5-10%; the corresponding figures for the thermal characteristics are 5-15% and 5-10%.

Research Organization:
A.V. Lykov Institute of Heat and Mass Transfer (USSR)
OSTI ID:
6003266
Journal Information:
J. Eng. Phys. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Vol. 54:3; Other Information: Translated from Inzh. Fiz. Zh.; 54: No. 3, 387-393 (Mar 1988)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English