Momentum Flux Development From Three-Dimensional Free Jets

Abstract

The momentum-flux development from three-dimensional free jets has been investigated. The analysis is presented for free jets from circular, triangular, rectangular and elliptical orifices. The bluff jets, with eccentricity near unity, show the usual potential region and the axisymmetric decay region for the maximum axial velocity decay. The slender jets, with smaller than one eccentricity values, show three zones of flow development. The potential core region is followed by a characteristic decay region where velocity decay is dependent on the shape and eccentricity of the orifice. The maximum axial velocity of all slender jets finally decay axisymmetrically with increasing downstream distances.