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The Influence of Finite Tailwater on The Characteristics of Plane Turbulent Wall Jets

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Last updated: 29 Mar 2025

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Hydraulics

Abstract

This paper displays a laboratory study of plane turbulent wall jets on smooth boundaries with finite tailwater depth. The primary aim was to study the effect of changing Froude numbers on the behavior of plane turbulent wall jets with shallow tailwater depth. A series of four experiments, maintaining constant tailwater depth ratio of yt/bo = 22 and four values of Froude numbers (4, 6, 8, and 10), were conducted to observe and quantify the growth of the wall jet, the decay of the velocity scale, and the variations in discharge and momentum fluxes. The results from these experiments were compared with the classical wall jet. It was found that the characteristics of plane turbulent wall jets with shallow tailwater depth differ significantly from those of classical wall jets. The experimental results show that jets with shallow tailwater depth ratios experience faster maximum velocity decay and faster growth of the jet half width. In addition, there is an increased relative discharge with normalized longitudinal distance, but it decreases rapidly to a maximum value at the end of the eddy length. The momentum flux in the forward flow of the wall jet significantly diminishes with increasing distance from the nozzle. The decay is attributed to the entrainment of the return flow, which possesses negative momentum, and an increase in tailwater depth at a distance from the nozzle generates this return flow. This study enhances the understanding of the behavior of plane turbulent wall jets on smooth beds with finite tailwater depth.

DOI

10.21608/ijaecr.2025.356487.1034

Keywords

wall jets, finite tailwater, turbulence

Authors

First Name

aya

Last Name

Abd El Fattah

MiddleName

mohamed

Affiliation

Civil Department, Faculty of Engineering, October 6 University, 6th of October City, Giza, Egypt.

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aya.mohamed.eng@o6u.edu.eg

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First Name

Mostafa

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Mokhtar

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Irrigation and Hydraulics Department, Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.

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mostafa.mokhtar@eng.asu.edu.eg

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First Name

Noran

Last Name

Abdel Latif

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Civil Department - Head of Civil Engineering Department, Canadian International College, CIC, Cairo, Egypt.

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noran_m_abdel-latif@cic-cairo.edu.eg

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Samir

Last Name

Ead

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-

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Irrigation and Hydraulics Department, Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.

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samir_ead@eng.asu.edu.eg

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Volume

4

Article Issue

2

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52212

Issue Date

2024-12-01

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2025-01-29

Publish Date

2024-12-01

Page Start

11

Page End

25

Print ISSN

2974-4385

Online ISSN

2974-4393

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International Journal of Advances Engineering and Civil Research

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The Influence of Finite Tailwater on The Characteristics of Plane Turbulent Wall Jets

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09 Mar 2025