Xuanwen Jia

Dec 26, 2023 | mdpi.com | Hongliang Wang |Xuanwen Jia |Chuan Wang |Bo Hu

1. IntroductionWater-jet-scouring technology is widely used in marine engineering and its related ancillary fields, such as in the maintenance and repair of marine structures, extraction of deep-sea resources, dredging works, seabed geological research, and cleaning and maintenance of ships. The jet flow establishes a velocity shear layer at its boundary, leading to the destabilization and subsequent generation of vortices.