STABILITY AND MIXING CHARACTER FOR BUOYANT JETS IN QUIESCENT SHALLOW WATER

The near field stahility and mixing characteristics of buoyant jets produced by thermal diffuse in quiescent shallow water are inw.stigated numerically to predict under what combinations of discharge and ambient characteristics the near field will be stable or unstable, Analyses for different discharging types show that the discharge stability is purely dependent on the near-field hehavior of the jets, or the dynam ic interaction of the buoyant jet region, the surface impinge ment region and the internal hydraulic jump region, and is independent of the far-field geometry of the receiving water. The stability criterion is a function of the relative submerged depth, and source densimetrie Froude number.