Abstract
The transition between the motion of a subsurface buoyant jet and a supersurface buoyant jet has been studied. Measurements indicate that the transition region is sharp and characterized by an intermediate regime where both a wall-hugging flow and the more standard outlet flow are present. The point of transition was found to exhibit significant hysteresis depending on whether the receiving pool height was increasing or decreasing with time. Measurements of the temperature field downstream show that the effects of the different regimes on the density stratification can persist for long distances.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Anwar, H. O. 1969: Behavior of buoyant jet in calm fluid. J. Hydraulics Div, ASCE, 95, 1289–1303
Balasubramanian, V.; Jain, S. C. 1979: Horizontal buoyant jets in quiescent shallow water. J. Environmental Div., ASCE, 104, 717–729
Chan, D. T. L.; Kennedy, J. F. 1975: Submerged buoyant jets in quiescent fluids. J. Hydraulics Div., ASCE, 101, 733–741
Davis, L. R.; Shirazi, M. A.; Slegel, D. L. 1978: Measurement of buoyant jet entrainment from single and multiple sources. J. Heat Transfer, 100, 442–447
Engelund, F.; Pedersen, F. B. 1973: Surface jet at small Richardson number. J. Hydraulics Div., ASCE, 99, 405–416
Engelund, F. 1976: Hydraulics of surface buoyant jet. J. Hydraulics Div., ASCE, 102, 1315–1325
Jen, Y.; Wiegel, R. L.; Mobarek, I. 1966: Surface discharge of horizontal warm-water jet. J. Power Div., ASCE, 92, 1–12
Jirka, G. H.; Harleman, D. R. F. 1979: Stability and mixing of a vertical plane buoyant jet in confined depth. J. Fluid Mech., 94, 275–304
Karwe, M. 1983: An experimental study of the entrance location effects on buoyant surface jets. M. Sc. Diss. Rutgers University
Keller, J. B. 1957: Teapot effect. J. Applied Physics, 28, 859–864
Koh, R. C. Y. 1971: Two-dimensional surface warm jets. J. Hydraulics Div., ASCE, 97, 819–836
Quraishi, M. S.; Fahidy, T. Z. 1982: A flow visualization technique using analytical indicators: Theory and some applications. Chem. Eng. Sci. 37, 775–780
Reister, J. B.; Bajura, R. A.; Schwartz, S. H. 1980: Effects of water temperature and salt concentration on the characteristics of horizontal buoyant submerged jets. J. Heat Transfer, 102, 557–562
Tamai, N.; Wiegel, R. L.; Tornberg, G. F. 1969: Horizontal surface discharge of warm water jets. J. Power Div., ASCE, 95, 253–276
Wiuff, R. 1978: Experiments on surface buoyant jet. J. Hydraulics Div., ASCE, 104, 667–678
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Müller, M.R., Karwe, M.V. The role of inlet location on the dynamics of thin two-dimensional buoyant surface jets. Experiments in Fluids 2, 137–142 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00296429
Received:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00296429