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Experimental Analysis of Horizontal Turbulence of Flow over Flat and Deformed Beds

2015

Abstract Laboratory experiments in a straight flume were carried out to examine the evolution of large-scale horizontal turbulent structures under flat-bed and deformed-bed conditions. In this paper, the horizontal turbulence of flow under these conditions is analyzed and compared. The conditioned quadrant method is applied to verify the occurrence of turbulent events. The distributions of horizontal Reynolds shear stress and turbulent kinetic energy are also presented and discussed. Results show the occurrence of an “initial” sequence of horizontal vortices whose average spatial length scales with the channel width. Under deformed-bed conditions, this spatial length does not change.

MeteorologyTurbulenceK-epsilon turbulence modelFlow (psychology)Bed formBurst cycleMechanicsLaboratory experimentVortexOpen-channel flowQuadrant (plane geometry)Physics::Fluid DynamicsFlumeFlow turbulence structureTurbulence kinetic energyOpen-channel flowGeologyWater Science and TechnologyCivil and Structural EngineeringArchives of Hydro-Engineering and Environmental Mechanics
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Turbulence structure and coherent motion in a straight laboratory flume

2012

Open channel flow flow turbulence structure burst cycle walls roughness laboratory experimentsSettore ICAR/01 - Idraulica
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Evolution of coherent turbulent structures and relation with bed-forms formation in a straight flume

2008

The present paper describes some results of experimental work carried out in a rectilinear flume to investigate the interactions between flow turbulence and sediment motion. The analysis is conducted through the comparison between the periodicity of turbulent structures evolving along the channel and the wavelength of bed forms (alternate bars) forming on the bed. The occurrence of turbulent events (inward interaction, ejection, sweep and burst) has been verified through the conditioned quadrant analysis. The quantitative information about the spatial and temporal scale of the events has been obtained through the space-time correlations of the conditioned data. The analysis essentially high…

Open channel flow sediment transport bed-forms flow turbulence structureSettore ICAR/01 - Idraulica
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Turbulent Flow Structures For Different Roughness Conditions of Channel Walls: Results of experimental investigation in laboratory flumes

2013

Walls roughnessFlow turbulence structureBurst cycleLaboratory experimentOpen channel flow
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Experimental Observation Of Turbulent Structures In A Straight Flume

2010

Experimental and theoretical studies of the structure of turbulence in open-channel flows have shown that the dynamics of the wall layer turbulence is dominated by the formation and growth of turbulent structures which evolve periodically as part of the so-called bursting phenomena. In the present paper experimental results obtained in a straight flume for different roughness conditions of the channel walls are described. The occurrence of turbulent events is verified by applying the conditioned quadrant analysis. The information about the spatial and temporal scales of the events is obtained through the space-time correlations of the conditioned data.

bed-formFlow turbulence structureSediment transportBoundary roughneOpen channel flowboundary roughnessSettore ICAR/01 - Idraulica
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EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF RELATION BETWEEN COHERENT TURBULENT STRUCTURES AND BED-FORMS FORMATION

2008

The present paper describes an experimental investigation on the interactions between flow turbulence and sediment motion. During the experiments, detailed measures of flow velocity components have been carried out using an Acoustic Doppler Velocimeter (ADV). The occurrence of turbulent events (inward interaction, ejection, sweep and burst) has been verified through the conditioned quadrant analysis. The quantitative information about the spatial and temporal evolution of turbulent events has been obtained through the space-time correlations of the conditioned data. As the primary objective was to analyse how turbulent structures influence the bed-forms formation, the spatial scale of turbu…

channel flow sediment transport bed-forms flow turbulence structureSettore ICAR/01 - Idraulica
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Flow kinematic characteristics in the scour hole downstream of a grade-control structure

2010

grade control structureflow turbulence structure.Open channel flowlocal scourSettore ICAR/01 - Idraulica
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