In this study, temporal large-eddy simulations of the interaction between a turbulent jet flow and a trailing vortex are described. Three cases are analyzed: in the first one, the jet and the vortex axes are sufficiently well separated to not interact immediately, while in the second case, the distance between the jet and the vortex is reduced by half. In the last case the jet blows in the vortex core. In the two first cases, as the jet spreads it is progressively deflected by the continuous input of crossflow momentum. Thus it acquires azimuthal and radial components of velocity, causing the emergence of three-dimensional structures of azimuthal vorticity around it. When the jet and the vortex are superimposed, the turbulent kinetic energy does not increase, the vortex core is very buffeted. Numerical simulation results of the convection-diffusion of a passive scalar show that its distribution (initially in the jet) cannot penetrate inside the vortex core due to its solid rotation. For the cases where the jet is initially outside the vortex and when it is injected in the vortex wake, its value remains very high and cannot get out of the vortex core. This phenomenon confirms the existence of a stabilizing "dispersion buffer", adjacent to the core, which prevents amplification of the turbulence generated inside the core.
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