Two-dimensional shear-layer entrainment

Abstract

It is observed experimentally that a spatially growing shear layer entrains an unequal amount of fluid from
\neach of the freestreams, resulting in a mixed fluid composition that favors the high-speed fluid. A simple argument is proposed, based on the geometrical properties of the large-scale now structures of the subsonic, fully
\ndeveloped, two-dimensional mixing layer, which yields the entrainment ratio and growth of the turbulent mixing
\nlayer. The predictions depend on the velocity and density ratio across the layer and are in good agreement with
\nmeasurements to date.