The classical description of the longitudinal velocity distribution of fully developed turbulent jets does not conceive of the possible existence of negative velocities. Recent photographs, measurements, and analysis suggest that as far as 60 nozzle widths downstream, there may persist regions of flow reversal which are related to a coherent underlying vortical structure.
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Goldschmidt et al. (1983) studied this question.
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