Abstract
On the basis of the Reynolds equations in the approximation of the boundary layer, the article obtains the similarity solutions for the axisymmetric wake of a body with a hydrodynamic propulsion agent.
Similar content being viewed by others
Literature cited
G. Birkhoff and E. H. Zarantonello, Jets, Wakes, Cavities, Academic Press (1957).
E. Naudasher, “Flow in the wake of self-propelled bodies and related sources of turbulence,” J. Fluid Mech.,22, No. 4, 625–656 (1965).
R. L. Gran, “An experiment on the wake of a slender propeller-driven body,” TRN Rep. 20086-6006-RV-80, June, Los Angeles, Calif. (1973).
G. E. Merrit, “Wake growth and collapse in stratified flow,” AIAA J.,12, No. 7, 940–949 (1974).
A. H. Schooley and R. W. Steward, “Experiments with a self-propelled body submerged in a fluid with a vertical density gradient,” J. Fluid Mech.,15, No. 1, 83–96 (1963).
J. T. Lin and Y. H. Pao, Flow Research Report No. 14 (1974).
J. A. Schetz and A. K. Jakubowski, “Experimental studies of the turbulent wake behind self-propelled slender bodies,” AIAA J.,13, No. 12, 1568–1575 (1975).
R. C. Swanson, J. A. Schetz, and A. K. Jakubowski, “Investigation of the turbulent properties of the wake behind self-propelled axisymmetric bodies,” VPI-AERO-024, Polytechnic Institute, Virginia (September 1974).
A. S. Ginevskii, K. A. Pochkina, and L. N. Ukhanov, “Regularities of the propagation of turbulent jet flow with zero excess momentum,” Mekh. Zhidk. Gaza, No. 6, 164–166 (1966).
S. Hassid, “Similarity and decay laws of momentumless wakes,” Phys. Fluids,23, No. 2, 404–405 (1980).
B. A. Kolovandin and N. N. Luchko, “Numerical simulation of the turbulent velocity field of an axisymmetric momentumless wake,” in: Heat and Mass Exchange-VI, Vol. 1, Part 2, Minsk (1980), pp. 126–135.
J. A. Schetz and S. Favin, “Analysis of free turbulent mixing flows without a net momentum defect,” AIAA J.,10, No. 11, 1524–1526 (1972).
V. A. Sabel'nikov, “Some special features of turbulent flows with zero excess momentum,” Uch. Zap. TsAGI,6, No. 4, 71–74 (1975).
A. I. Korneev, “Similarity hypotheses in the theory of turbulent wakes,” in: Turbulent Flows [in Russian], Nauka, Moscow (1977), pp. 97–102.
M. L. Finson, “Similarity behavior of momentumless turbulent wakes,” J. Fluid Mech.,71, No. 3, 465–479 (1976).
V. A. Gorodtsov, “Self-similarity and weak closure relations for symmetric turbulence,” Mekh. Zhidk, Gaza, No. 1, 43–50 (1979).
Turbulence, Principles and Applications [Russian translation], Mir, Moscow (1980).
G. Bateman and A. Erdely, Higher Transcendental Functions, McGraw-Hill.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Additional information
Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 44, No. 4, pp. 640–647, April, 1983.
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Shashmin, V.K. Hydrodynamics and heat exchange in turbulent momentumless wakes. Journal of Engineering Physics 44, 438–443 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00825196
Received:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00825196