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Naturally bounded plumes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2013

Rabah Mehaddi ,
Fabien Candelier  and
Olivier Vauquelin
Rabah Mehaddi*
Affiliation:
Laboratoire IUSTI, UMR CNRS 7343, Aix-Marseille Université, 5 rue Enrico Fermi, 13 453 Marseille CEDEX 13, France
Fabien Candelier
Affiliation:
Laboratoire IUSTI, UMR CNRS 7343, Aix-Marseille Université, 5 rue Enrico Fermi, 13 453 Marseille CEDEX 13, France
Olivier Vauquelin
Affiliation:
Laboratoire IUSTI, UMR CNRS 7343, Aix-Marseille Université, 5 rue Enrico Fermi, 13 453 Marseille CEDEX 13, France
*
†Email address for correspondence: rabah.mehaddi@etu.univ-amu.fr
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Abstract

This paper investigates theoretically the vertical evolution of a turbulent plume into a linearly stratified ambient fluid, by regarding it as composed of two distinct regions. In the first region, called the positive buoyant region, the plume buoyancy and the plume momentum act in the same upward direction, whereas in the second region, called the negative buoyant region, they act in opposite directions. In a first step, analytical expressions for the plume variables at the transition height (i.e. between the two regions) are obtained from one-dimensional conservation equations, using the plume entrainment model and under the Boussinesq approximation. In a second step, these variables are used in order to determine analytically the buoyancy and volume fluxes as well as the density deficit of the plume at its top. In this investigation, the transition height (denoted ${z}_{t} $) and the total plume height (denoted ${z}_{p} $) are obtained in the form of two integrals. These integrals are evaluated asymptotically in three different cases associated with particular flow regimes. Finally, the limit of the Boussinesq assumption for such flows is discussed.

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Convection: Convection Geophysical and Geological Flows: Geophysical and Geological Flows Convection: Plumes/thermals
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 717 , 25 February 2013 , pp. 472 - 483
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©2013 Cambridge University Press

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