Étude numérique des jets turbulents non-isothermes avec deux schémas de fermeture κ-ε

This article presents a numerical study of a non-isothermal axisymmetric turbulent jet by two κ-ε closure models based on Favre or Reynolds averaging, respectively. The numerical results are in good agreement with the experimental ones found in the literature. We show, in particular, the advantage of treating separately the turbulent mass flux terms and their contribution to predicting variable density effects. A mixing efficiency definition is finally introduced. It is observed that the mixing efficiency increases when the density ratio between the turbulent jet and the ambient gas is reduced.