Knowledge of turbulent mixing by jets and plumes is important for environmental control, impact and risk assessment.Turbulent Jets and Plumes introduces the fundamental concepts and develops a Lagrangian approach to model these shear flows.
1. Introduction.- 2. Turbulent Jets.- 1. Plane Jet.- 2. Round Jet.- 3. Theory vs Experiment.- 4. The Top-hat Profile.- 5. Prediction of Potential Core Length.- 6. Summary.- 3. Turbulent Buoyant Plumes.- 1. Buoyancy and Reduced Gravity.- 2. Turbulent Round Plume.- 3. Lagrangian Approach for Plume Modelling.- 4. Negatively Buoyant Jets.- 5. Turbulent Line Plume.- 6. Summary.- 4. Inclined Buoyant Jet in Stagnant Environment.- 1. Lagrangian Model for Buoyant Jet in Stagnant Fluid.- 2. Numerical Solution.- 3. Application Examples.- 4. Summary.- 5. Density Stratification.- 1. Buoyancy Variation.- 2. Thermals in Stratified Fluid.- 3. Plumes in Stratified Fluid.- 4. Plume in a Container.- 5. Summary.- 6. Turbulent Round Jet in Coflow.- 1. Summary of Experimental Observations.- 2. Integral Model.- 3. Asymptotic Solutions: Strong and Weak-jet.- 4. Comparison of Theory with Experimental Data.- 5. Correlation of Model Results with Experiments.- 6. Summary.- 7. Jet in Crossflow: Advected Line Puffs.- 1. Length Scales and Regimes.- 2. 1D Model of Line Puff.- 3. 2D Model of Line Puff.- 4. 3D Model of Jet in Crossflow.- 5. Measurements in Advected Line Puffs.- 6. Practical Application.- 7. Summary.- 8. Plume in Crossflow: Advected Line Thermals.- 1. Length Scales and Regimes.- 2. 1D Model of Line thermal.- 3. 2D Model of Line Thermal.- 4. 3D Model of Plume in Crossflow.- 5. Measurements in Line Thermals.- 6. Buoyant Jet in Crossflow.- 7. Summary.- 9. General Lagrangian Formulation.- 1. Elemental Volume.- 2. Method of Excesses.- 3. Spreading Hypothesis.- 4. Puffs and Thermals.- 5. Buoyant Jet in Crossflow.- 6. Summary.- 10.Numerical Modelling and Field Application.- 1. Initial Dilution of Buoyant Plumes in a Current: the BDNF and BDFF.- 2. JETLAG — a Lagrangian buoyant jet model.- 3. Field Application and Verification.- Appendices.- A— Density of Seawater.- B— Notation.- References.
