Numerical Study on Plane and Radial Wall Jets to Validate the 2D Assumption for an Idealized Downburst Outflow

Advances in civil engineering

Jie Luo¹  Yan Li²  Zhitao Yan³  Yongli Zhong³  Hua Zhang⁴ 

[1] China Construction Fourth Engineering Bureau Guizhou Investment and Construction Co., Ltd., Guiyang 550014, China;School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Chongqing University of Science and Technology, Chongqing 401331, China, cqust.cn;School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Chongqing University of Science and Technology, Chongqing 401331, China, cqust.cn;Chongqing Key Laboratory of Energy Engineering Mechanics & Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, Chongqing 401331, China;School of Civil Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400045, China, cqu.edu.cn;

DOI  :  10.1155/2021/9993981

来源: Hindawi Publishing Corporation

【 摘 要 】

Turbulent radial and plane wall jets have been extensively investigated both experimentally and numerically over the past few decades. Previous studies mostly focused on the heat and mass transfers involved in jet flows. In this study, a comprehensive investigation was conducted on turbulent radial and plane wall jets, considering both jet spread and velocity decay for different parameters. The numerical results were compared with existing experimental measurements. The comparison focused on the velocity profile, jet spread, and velocity decay, and revealed that the Reynolds stress model (RSM) performs well in the simulation of both radial and plane wall jets. The results show that with a typical ratio of cloud base height to diameter for most downburst events, the effects of nozzle height and Reynolds number on the evolution of the radial wall jet are not significant. Both the jet spread and velocity decay exhibit a clear dependence on the Reynolds number below a critical value. Above this critical value, the plane wall jet becomes asymptotically independent of the Reynolds number. The co-flow was found to have a significant influence on the evolution of the plane wall jet. Comparatively, the jet spread and velocity of the radial wall jet were faster than those of the plane jet. For applications in civil engineering, it is valid to approximate the downburst outflow with a two-dimensional (2D) assumption from the perspective of longitudinal evolution of the flows.

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