EFFECT OF THE AMPLITUDE OF A STATIONARY PERTURBATION ON ITS NON-MODAL GROWTH IN A LAMINAR SUBMERGED JET

This paper touches upon the effect of an amplitude of a deflector introduced into a laminar jet flow on the linear change coefficient of the radial component of a stationary perturbation. Methods for introducing and measuring the perturbations are described. It is shown that a decrease in the deflector amplitude has no effect on the flow pattern, cannot prevent an algebraic growth mechanism, and causes a proportional decrease in the radial component of the stationary velocity perturbation. Turbulence is established after reaching some radial expansion value that is independent of the initial perturbation amplitude.