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Velocity defect of axisymmetric wakes

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Abbreviations

b :

half-wake radius

D :

velocity defect, Eq. (2)

r :

radial coordinate

u :

velocity

u c :

centerline velocity

u a :

velocity adjacent to wake region

x :

wake distance normalized with diameter

θ:

dimensionless boundary layer momentum thickness of Porteiro et al. (1984)

F :

dimensionless mass bleed to base of Porteiro et al. (1984)

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  1. Engineering Faculty, Texas A&M University, 77843, College Station, TX, USA

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Ostowari, C., Page, R.H. Velocity defect of axisymmetric wakes. Experiments in Fluids 7, 284–285 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00198009

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