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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-7-25
pubmed:abstractText
The velocity fields of turbulent jets can be described using a single formula which includes two empirical constants: k(core) determining the length of the central core and k(turb) the jet widening. Flow models simulating jet adhesion, confinement and noncircular orifices were studied using laser Doppler anemometer and the modifications of the constants were derived from series of velocity profiles. In circular free jets, k(core) was found equal to 4.1 with a variability of 1.4%. In complex configurations, its variability was equal to 15.2%. For k(turb), the value for free circular jets was of 45.2 with a variability of 6.0% and this variability in complex configurations was significantly higher (30. 1%, p=0.025). The correlation between the actual orifice size and the jet extension was poor (r=0.52). However, the almost constant value of k(core) allowed to define a new algorithm calculating the regurgitant orifice diameter with the use of outlines of the jet image (r=0.89). In conclusion, the fluid mechanics of regurgitant jets is modified in complex configurations but, due to the relative independency of the central core, velocity fields could be used to evaluate the dimensions of the effective regurgitant orifice.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0021-9290
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
33
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
677-84
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Fluid mechanics of regurgitant jets and calculation of the effective regurgitant orifice in free or complex configurations.
pubmed:affiliation
INSERM, U. 494, Hopital Broussais, 96 rue Didot, 75674, Paris Cedex, France. diebold@hbroussais.fr
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article