The hydraulic jump ( shocks'' and viscous flow in the kitchen sink)

Journal Article · Wed Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1993 · American Journal of Physics; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17413· OSTI ID:6278464

Godwin, R P ^[1]

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1. Los Alamos National Laboratory, P. O. Box 1663, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545 (United States)

The radial location and flow discontinuity of the hydraulic jump in a sink are discussed. The importance of viscosity in determining the location of the jump is emphasized. A model, which highlights the importance of viscous flow near the sink surface, allows us to predict the jump radius and the flow depth on the upstream and downstream sides of the jump as functions of viscosity, gravity, and flow velocity. In our approximate treatment, the jump location is independent of gravity and inversely proportional to the cube root of the viscosity.

• OSTI ID: 6278464
• Journal Information: American Journal of Physics; (United States), Vol. 61:9; ISSN 0002-9505
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
WATER WAVES
SHOCK WAVES
BOUNDARY LAYERS
GRAVITY WAVES
INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW
VISCOSITY
VISCOUS FLOW
WALL EFFECTS
FLUID FLOW
LAYERS
661300* - Other Aspects of Physical Science- (1992-)