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Breakup régimes and self-sustained pulsations in coaxial jets

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We report on a new flow pattern transition observed in a coaxial jet configuration. Above a critical momentum ratio between the outer and the inner stream, it is found experimentally that the inner potential core breaks down into an unsteady recirculation bubble. The origin of the transition is explained and an expression for the critical velocity ratio is derived. The nature and the features of the pulsation of the bubble are discussed using an original evolution equation which relies on the interplay between the linear growth rate of the jet mixing layer disturbances and the recirculating flow induced delay of the non-linear saturation.

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In questo articolo si discute di un nuovo tipo di transizione di flusso osservata in una configurazione di getto coassiale. Si stabilisce sperimentalmente che il potenziale interno disgrega la parte interna del flusso in una ricircolazione instabile a bolla oltre un valore critico nel rapporto tra la corrente interna e quella esterna. Viene spiegata l'origine della transizione e viene derivata l'espressione della velocità critica. Sono discusse, inoltre, la natura e le caratteristiche della pulsazione della bolla, avendo a disposizione una equazione di evoluzione originale che evidenzia l'influenza reciproca tra la crescita lineare dei disturbi dello strato di mescolamento del getto ed il flusso ricircolante, che induce il ritardo della saturazione non-lineare.

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Villermaux, E., Rehab, H. & Hopfinger, E.J. Breakup régimes and self-sustained pulsations in coaxial jets. Meccanica 29, 393–401 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00987574

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