Circular Hydraulic Jumps Triggered by Boundary Layer Separation.
When a high-flow-rate circular jet impinges vertically on a horizontal plane, it flows out radially and then undergoes a distinctive hydraulic jump on the plane because of boundary layer separation induced by hydrostatic back pressure. The jump radius is shown to be 0.37 a Re(1/3) Lambda(-1/8), where Lambda=(ga(3)/nu(2)) Re(-7/3) is a modified Froude number, Re=(Q/anu) is the jet Reynolds number, a is the jet radius, and Q the liquid flow rate, which is favorably compared to experimental data in the limit of small Lambda. When Lambda exceeds 3.0x10(-4) at low flow rates, the jump radius decreases below a minimum in the film depth and our experiments detect a different jump mechanism that may be triggered by capillary pressure rather than hydrostatic pressure. Copyright 2001 Academic Press.
Chang
HC
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, 46556
Demekhin
EA
Takhistov
PV