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Surface Entrainment of Air by a Water Jet

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THIS communication reports an investigation of the conditions for air entrainment when a water jet impinges normally on an air–water surface. The calculated critical entrainment velocity of the jet is compared with experimental values.

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  1. Streeter, V. L., Handbook of Fluid Dynamics, chapter 11.

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  1. Research and Development Department, The United Steel Companies, Ltd., Swinden Laboratories, Rotherham

    A. T. SHERIDAN

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SHERIDAN, A. Surface Entrainment of Air by a Water Jet. Nature 209, 799–800 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/209799a0

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