Numerical Simulations of Air Cavities in Inclined Plunging Jets

Table 2

Studies on plunging jets in simulations.

Reference	Jet type	Simulated conditions	Investigation
Qu et al. [19]	Vertical circular jets	D = 0.006 m	Air concentration in pool
Zidouni Kendil et al. [18]	Vertical circular jets	D = 0.016 m	Air concentration in pool
Ma et al. [23]	Vertical circular jets	D = 0.025 m, Frj = 50	Air concentration in pool
Brouilliot and Lubin [21]	2D plane inclined jets	Wj = 0.457 m, Tj = 0.0029–0.0038 m, θj = 57.5°–82.9°, Frj = 100–388	Air cavity formation and disintegration characteristics
Deshpande and Trujillo [22]	Inclined circular jets	D = 0.02 and 0.004 m, θj = 10°–90°, Frj = 43–97	Air cavity formation and disintegration characteristics
Khezzar et al. [20]	Vertical circular jets	D = 0.006 m, Frj = 70 and 90	Air cavity formation and disintegration characteristics
Boualouache et al. [24]	Vertical circular jets	D = 0.025, 0.012 and 0.00683 m, Frj = 72.25	Air cavity formation and disintegration characteristics, air concentration in pool

D is the diameter of a nozzle; is the Froude numbers, for circular jets, for plane jets, V_j is the impact velocity, T_j and W_j are the jet thickness and width at impact point for plane jets, θ_j is the jet inclined angle relative to horizontal at the impact point.