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Laser light sheet visualisation, coupled with image processing, was utilised to understand the effect of exit geometry on the integral properties of jets in cross flow. The study involved jets emanating from circular and rectangular nozzles of different aspect ratios deflected by a uniform free-stream. The investigation considers incompressible momentum jets with exit Reynolds number in the range of 4400–9200, the velocity ratios being 3.9, 5.9 and 7.8. In contrast to a deflected circular jet, those jets emanating from blunt configurations tend to have higher growth rates initially and are devoid of the horse-shoe or the bound vortex system in their cross section.
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Received: 30 May 1996 / Accepted: 27 November 1996
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Sivadas, V., Pani, B., Bütefisch, K. et al. Flow visualisation studies on growth of area of deflected jets. Experiments in Fluids 23, 105–112 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003480050091
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s003480050091