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Jets and plumes are shear flows produced by momentum and buoyancy forces. Examples include smokestack emissions, fires and volcano eruptions, deep sea vents, thermals, sewage discharges, thermal effluents from power stations, and ocean dumping of sludge. 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. This theme persists throughout the text, starting from simple cases and building towards the practically important case of a turbulent buoyant jet in a density-stratified crossflow. Basic ideas are illustrated by ample use of flow visualization using the laser-induced fluorescence technique. The text includes many illustrative worked examples, comparisons of model predictions with laboratory and field data, and classroom tested problems. An interactive PC-based virtual-reality modelling software (VISJET) is also provided. Engineering and science students, researchers and practitioners may use the book both as an introduction to the subject and as a reference in hydraulics and environmental fluid mechanics.
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Book Title: Turbulent Jets and Plumes
Book Subtitle: A Lagrangian Approach
Authors: Joseph H. W. Lee, Vincent H. Chu
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0407-8
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2003
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-7520-9Published: 30 September 2003
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-5061-3Published: 19 April 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-0407-8Published: 06 December 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 390
Topics: Environmental Physics, Classical Mechanics, Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution, Atmospheric Sciences