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The far-field large-scale dynamics of a momentum-driven Re = 2 × 108 non-reacting jet and a Re = 3 × 107 jet diffusion flame are presented and compared. The results are derived from computer graphic volume rendering of a set of sequential images of each flow. When compared to conventional display techniques, volume rendering, by allowing many frames of a movie sequence to be presented simultaneously, more clearly shows the detailed flow evolution. For the non-reacting jet we see the passage and growth of large-scale organized structures up through the jet column, the axial velocity decay of the structures, the fluid entrainment patterns, and occasional pairing events. A rendering of a non-sequential set of images shows no discernible organized component. Volume rendering of the reacting jet shows a similar pattern of burning large-scale organized structures which convert over considerable axial distances but without the corresponding velocity decay, similar to observations of laboratory flames. The images presented here are believed to be some of the most direct visual evidence to date for large-scale organized motions in the far-field of high Reynolds number, fully developed jets and jet flames. Since conditional sampling techniques are not used, we believe that the volume renderings seen here are likely to be representative of the natural development of jet flows.
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Mungal, M.G., Lozano, A. & van Cruyningen, I. Large-scale dynamics in high Reynolds number jets and jet flames. Experiments in Fluids 12, 141–150 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00188252
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