The background to this research was a flooding incident that occurred in Bridgend, Co. Donegal, Ireland in August 2017. While several properties were flooded, a flooding case study of a single dwelling house adjacent ...The background to this research was a flooding incident that occurred in Bridgend, Co. Donegal, Ireland in August 2017. While several properties were flooded, a flooding case study of a single dwelling house adjacent to the Bridgend River at Riverdale, Bunamayne, Co. Donegal, Ireland is used herein. For this study the flooded site shall be referred to as the “Hegarty property”. A structure in the form of a stone arched culvert is located directly adjacent to the two-storey detached dwelling house on the Hegarty Property. While the culvert is referred to locally as a bridge, within this research the word culvert will be used in connection with the structure. The culvert has a concrete surrounded utility (watermain) crossing at a gradient below the culvert soffit on the upstream face of the structure. The utility obstructed flow through the culvert and contributed to the flooding event. Given the implication of climate change and the increased probability of more extreme flooding events, it was decided to explore the case study to ascertain the factors that contribute to flooding events when utilities are positioned at culvert or bridge structures. This work was completed to assist undergraduate students, researchers, and local authorities in a relatively unknown area of flood causation.展开更多
Vegetation of different heights commonly grows in natural rivers, canals and wetlands and affects the biodiversity and morphological process. The role of vegetation has drawn great attention in river ecosystems and en...Vegetation of different heights commonly grows in natural rivers, canals and wetlands and affects the biodiversity and morphological process. The role of vegetation has drawn great attention in river ecosystems and environmental management. Due to the complexity of the vegetated flow, most previous research focuses on the effect of uniformed one-layered vegetation on the flow structure and morphological process. However, less attention was paid to the impact of the mixing vegetation of different heights, which is more realistic and often occurs in natural riverine environments. This paper aims to investigate the effect of mixing three-layered vegetation on flow characteristics, particularly the velocity distrbution, via a novel experiment. Experiments were performed in a titling water flume fully covered with vegetation of three heights (10, 15 and 20 cm) arranged in a staggered pattern, which is partially submerged. Velocities at different positions along a half cross-section were measured using a mini propeller velocimeter. Observed results showed that the velocity has a distinct profile directly behind vegetation and behind the vegetation gap. The overall profile has two distinct reflections about ? below or near the top of short vegetation (h): the velocity remains almost constant in the bottom layer ( h) the velocities directly behind the middle after short vegetation increase much faster than those directly behind the short after tall vegetation. The finding in this study would help river riparian and ecosystem management. .展开更多
The velocity dip phenomenon may occur in a part of or in the whole flow field of open channel flows due to the secondary flow effect.Based on rectangular flume experiments and the laser Doppler velocimetry,the influen...The velocity dip phenomenon may occur in a part of or in the whole flow field of open channel flows due to the secondary flow effect.Based on rectangular flume experiments and the laser Doppler velocimetry,the influence of the distance to the sidewall and the aspect ratio on the velocity dip is investigated.Through application of statistical methods to the experimental results,it is proposed that the flow field may be divided into two regions,the relatively strong sidewall region and the relatively weak sidewall region.In the former region,the distance to the sidewall greatly affects the location of maximum velocity,and,in the latter region,both the distance to the sidewall and the aspect ratio influence the location of the maximum velocity.展开更多
This paper solves the three-dimensional Navier-Stokes equation by a fractional-step method with the Reynolds number Re τ =194 and the rotation number N τ =0-0.12.When N τ is less than 0.06,the turbulence statistics...This paper solves the three-dimensional Navier-Stokes equation by a fractional-step method with the Reynolds number Re τ =194 and the rotation number N τ =0-0.12.When N τ is less than 0.06,the turbulence statistics relevant to the spanwise velocity fluctuation are enhanced,but other statistics are suppressed.When N τ is larger than 0.06,all the turbulence statistics decrease significantly.Reynolds stress budgets elucidate that turbulence kinetic energy in the vertical direction is transferred into the streamwise and spanwise directions.The flow structures exhibit that the bursting processes near the bottom wall are ejected toward the free surface.Evident change of near-surface streak structures of the velocity fluctuations are revealed.展开更多
An improved divided channel method has been proposed by modelling a parameter using the function of depth ratio for a multi-stage compound channel. Experimental data suggest that as the flow depth increases over the s...An improved divided channel method has been proposed by modelling a parameter using the function of depth ratio for a multi-stage compound channel. Experimental data suggest that as the flow depth increases over the second stage floodplain, fractional contribution of the main channel and first stage floodplain under bankfull height plays a pivotal role in shear layer and momentum distribution. Therefore, a new mathematical model has been suggested for estimating the stage-discharge relationship for staged channels of more than one floodplain using the 1D technique of overall roughness correction. .展开更多
The aquatic vegetation can significantly affect the flow structure,the sediment transport,the bed scour and the water quality in rivers,lakes,reservoirs and open channels.In this study,the lattice Boltzmann method(LBM...The aquatic vegetation can significantly affect the flow structure,the sediment transport,the bed scour and the water quality in rivers,lakes,reservoirs and open channels.In this study,the lattice Boltzmann method(LBM)is applied in the two-dimensional numerical simulation of the flow structure in a flume with rigid vegetation.A multi-relaxation time model is applied to improve the stability of the numerical scheme for flows with a high Reynolds number.The vegetation induced drag force is added in the lattice Boltzmann equation model in order to improve the simulation accuracy and an algorithm of the multi-relaxation time is developed.Numerical simulations are performed for a wide range of flow and vegetation conditions and are validated by comparing with the laboratory experiments.Analysis of the simulated and experimentally measured flow Helds shows that the numerical simulation can satisfactorily reproduce the laboratory experiments,indicating that the proposed lattice Boltzmann model enjoys a high accuracy for simulating the flow-vegetation interaction in open channels.展开更多
Vegetation is of great significance in river ecosystems in terms of hydrodynamics,water environment and ecology.The question of how to predict the bulk velocity in channel flow through submerged vegetation is currentl...Vegetation is of great significance in river ecosystems in terms of hydrodynamics,water environment and ecology.The question of how to predict the bulk velocity in channel flow through submerged vegetation is currently a hot topic in hydraulics research.The present study addresses this question.The various formulae used for bulk velocity estimation in previous work were reviewed and compared.The main novelty of this paper is that a new expression of friction factor is proposed as a function of two dimensionless factors,and the number of tuning parameters is less than that in previous work.A comparison of measured and calculated data was conducted for flow through submerged rigid and flexible vegetation.The comparison showed that the proposed new model can make more accurate predictions than previous models.It is envisaged that the proposed formulation can be usefully employed in eco-hydraulics predictions.展开更多
In this paper, a particle imaging velocimetry (PIV) system of high-temporal-spatial resolution is used to investigate the spanwise vortex distribution of fully developed turbulent flows in an open channel and its rela...In this paper, a particle imaging velocimetry (PIV) system of high-temporal-spatial resolution is used to investigate the spanwise vortex distribution of fully developed turbulent flows in an open channel and its relationship with the turbulence. The distributions of the time-averaged velocity, the turbulence intensity and the Reynolds stress are obtained in the longitudinal profile. The third-generation vortex identification method (based on the Omega-Liutex vector) is applied to accurately identify and analyze the vortex in the spanwise direction. The results suggest that the vortex density increases with the Reynolds number at a given aspect ratio (B / H) of the flow. The distribution trend of the spanwise vortex density in the vertical direction remains unchanged for different discharges. Specifically, the vortex density increases along the vertical direction and reaches the peak at y / H = 0.15, then decreases and reaches the bottoms at the flow surface.展开更多
It is now over half a century since Keulegan conducted his open channel flow experiments.Over the past decades,many empirical formulae were proposed based on his results,however,there is still not a combined expressio...It is now over half a century since Keulegan conducted his open channel flow experiments.Over the past decades,many empirical formulae were proposed based on his results,however,there is still not a combined expression to describe the effects of friction over all hydraulic regions in open channel flows.Therefore,in this letter,based on the analysis of the implicit model and the logarithmic matching method,the results of Keulegan(for authentic experiment data are no longer available,here we adopt the analytical solutions given by Dou)are rescaled into one monotone curve by combining the Reynolds number and the relative roughness of the river bed.A united expression that could cover the entire turbulence regions and be validated with Dou’s analytical solutions is suggested to estimate the friction factor throughout the turbulent region in open channel flows,with higher accuracy than that of the previous formulas.展开更多
Turbulent open channel flows subjected to the control of a spanwise traveling wave have been investigated by means of Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS). The objective of this study is to reveal the response of the nea...Turbulent open channel flows subjected to the control of a spanwise traveling wave have been investigated by means of Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS). The objective of this study is to reveal the response of the near-wall and surface-influenced turbulence to the spanwise traveling wave control. Three typical frequencies of the spanwise traveling wave, i.e., high-, middle- and low-frequency, corresponding to the exciting periods at 25, 50 and 100, are considered to study the turbulence dynamics in the wall and surface regions. To elucidate the behaviors of turbulence statistics, some typical quantities, including the mean velocity, velocity fluctuations and the structures of turbulence fluctuations, are exhibited and analyzed.展开更多
Pulsating turbulent open channel flow has been investigated by the use of Large Eddy Simulation (LES) techniquecoupled with dynamic Sub-Grid-Scale (SGS) model for turbulent SGS stress to closure the governing equation...Pulsating turbulent open channel flow has been investigated by the use of Large Eddy Simulation (LES) techniquecoupled with dynamic Sub-Grid-Scale (SGS) model for turbulent SGS stress to closure the governing equations. Three-dimensional filtered Navier-Stokes equations are numerically solved by a fractional-step method. The objective of this study is to deal with the behavior of the pulsating turbulent open channel flow and to examine the reliability of the LES approach for predicting the pulsating turbulent flow. In this study, the Reynolds number (Re τ ) is chosen as 180 based on the friction velocity and the channel depth. The frequency of the driving pressure gradient for the pulsating turbulent flow ranges low, medium and high value. Statistical turbulence quantities as well as the flow structures are analyzed.展开更多
The shading method is a simple but effective way of reducing image blooming in the measurement of open channel flows with the Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV).The current paper proposes a simplified analytical model f...The shading method is a simple but effective way of reducing image blooming in the measurement of open channel flows with the Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV).The current paper proposes a simplified analytical model for light attenuation using this method.The model is verified against experimental data,and the influence of several parameters is illustrated numerically.The possible adverse effect due to the light attenuation is shown to be limited when the parameters in the shading method are in an adequate range,as shown by processing standard images of Case B in PIV Challenge 03.A simple criterion for setting the shade in experiment is given for controlling the errors caused by the shading technique within an acceptable range.展开更多
The study of flow diversions in open channels plays an important practical role in the design and management of open-channel networks for irrigation or drainage. To accurately predict the mean flow and turbulence char...The study of flow diversions in open channels plays an important practical role in the design and management of open-channel networks for irrigation or drainage. To accurately predict the mean flow and turbulence characteristics of open-channel dividing flows, a hybrid LES-RANS model, which combines the large eddy simulation (LES) model with the Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) model, is proposed in the present study. The unsteady RANS model was used to simulate the upstream and downstream regions of a main channel, as well as the downstream region of a branch channel. The LES model was used to simulate the channel diversion region, where turbulent flow characteristics are complicated. Isotropic velocity fluctuations were added at the inflow interface of the LES region to trigger the generation of resolved turbulence. A method based on the virtual body force is proposed to impose Reynolds-averaged velocity fields near the outlet of the LES region in order to take downstream flow effects computed by the RANS model into account and dissipate the excessive turbulent fluctuations. This hybrid approach saves computational effort and makes it easier to properly specify inlet and outlet boundary conditions. Comparison between computational results and experimental data indicates that this relatively new modeling approach can accurately predict open-channel T-diversion flows.展开更多
The self-aeration in open channel flows, called white waters, is a phenomenon seen in spillways and steep chutes. The air distribution in the flow is always an important and fundamental issue. The present study develo...The self-aeration in open channel flows, called white waters, is a phenomenon seen in spillways and steep chutes. The air distribution in the flow is always an important and fundamental issue. The present study develops a numerical model to predict the air concentration distribution in self-aerated open channel flows, by taking the air-water flow as consisting of a low flow region and an upper flow region. On the interface between the two regions, the air concentration is 0.5. In the low flow region where air concentration is lower than 0.5, air bubbles diffuse in the water flow by turbulent transport fluctuations, and in the upper region where air concentration is higher than 0.5, water droplets and free surface roughness diffuse in the air. The air concentration distributions obtained from the diffusion model are in good agreement with measured data both in the uniform equilibrium region and in the self-aerated developing region. It is demonstrated that the numerical model provides a reasonable description of the self-aeration region in open channel flows.展开更多
The lateral velocity distribution of flow in the shear layer of open channel is required to many problems in river and eco-environment engineering, e.g. distribution of pollutant dispersion, sediment transport and ban...The lateral velocity distribution of flow in the shear layer of open channel is required to many problems in river and eco-environment engineering, e.g. distribution of pollutant dispersion, sediment transport and bank erosion, and aquatic habitat. It is not well understood about how the velocity varies laterally in the wall boundary layer. This paper gives an analytical solution of lateral velocity distribution in a rectangular open channel based on the depth-averaged momentum equation proposed by Shiono & Knight. The obtained lateral velocity distributions in the wall shear layer are related to the two hydraulic parameters of lateral eddy viscosity (λ) and depth-averaged secondary flow (Γ) for given roughened channels. Preliminary relationships between the above two parameters and the aspect ratio of channel, B/H, are obtained from two sets of experimental data. The lateral width (δ) of the shear layer was investigated and found to relate to the λ and the bed friction factor (f), as described by Equation (26). This study indicates that the lateral shear layer near the wall can be very wide (δ/H = 14.6) for the extreme case (λ = 0.6 and f = 0.01).展开更多
The flow of liquids in open channels has been studied since ancient Rome. However, the vast majority of published reports on flow in open channels are focused on the transport of drinking water and sewage disposal. Th...The flow of liquids in open channels has been studied since ancient Rome. However, the vast majority of published reports on flow in open channels are focused on the transport of drinking water and sewage disposal. The literature on the transport of molten metals in open channels is quite scarce. In this work, the uniform flow of pig iron and molten aluminum in rectangular open channels is studied. Specific energy curves are constructed and critical heights are analytically determined. The transition from subcritical to supercritical flow is analyzed as a function of the angle of inclination of the channel and the roughness of its walls. Manning’s equation is applied to the pig iron flow using data reported in the literature for molten aluminum. The need to correct the roughness coefficient for pig iron is observed in order to obtain results consistent with those previously reported.展开更多
Due to the very fine space resolution and high noise-reduction capability of the improved laboratory-made laser Doppler anemometer, the temporal mean velocity and velocity fluctuation in uniform, rough bed open channe...Due to the very fine space resolution and high noise-reduction capability of the improved laboratory-made laser Doppler anemometer, the temporal mean velocity and velocity fluctuation in uniform, rough bed open channel turbulent flows were measured in full detail nd a large amount of information about the wall region was obtained. The influence of boundary roughness on flow characteristics was examined by changing the relative smoothness scale, H/k_s, of the flow. It is proposed that there are three sorts of bed roughness, namely, the large scale roughness, the medium one and the small one. The small scale roughness is of more universal significance to engineering practice, and much attention is devoted to the characteristics of the flow over boundaries of such a sort of roughness.展开更多
A theoretical investigation of air concentration distribution in self-aerated openchannel flow is presented in this paper.Research indicates that,if the aeration ratio is high,theinteraction between air and water shou...A theoretical investigation of air concentration distribution in self-aerated openchannel flow is presented in this paper.Research indicates that,if the aeration ratio is high,theinteraction between air and water should be taken into consideration and the turbulent transportequation be modified properly.The calculating models of the rising velocity of air bubbles andthe coefficient of turbulent diffusion are derived.The united air concentration distribution for-mula for upper and lower regions is then obtained.The analytical solutions show good agreementwith the measured data.展开更多
文摘The background to this research was a flooding incident that occurred in Bridgend, Co. Donegal, Ireland in August 2017. While several properties were flooded, a flooding case study of a single dwelling house adjacent to the Bridgend River at Riverdale, Bunamayne, Co. Donegal, Ireland is used herein. For this study the flooded site shall be referred to as the “Hegarty property”. A structure in the form of a stone arched culvert is located directly adjacent to the two-storey detached dwelling house on the Hegarty Property. While the culvert is referred to locally as a bridge, within this research the word culvert will be used in connection with the structure. The culvert has a concrete surrounded utility (watermain) crossing at a gradient below the culvert soffit on the upstream face of the structure. The utility obstructed flow through the culvert and contributed to the flooding event. Given the implication of climate change and the increased probability of more extreme flooding events, it was decided to explore the case study to ascertain the factors that contribute to flooding events when utilities are positioned at culvert or bridge structures. This work was completed to assist undergraduate students, researchers, and local authorities in a relatively unknown area of flood causation.
文摘Vegetation of different heights commonly grows in natural rivers, canals and wetlands and affects the biodiversity and morphological process. The role of vegetation has drawn great attention in river ecosystems and environmental management. Due to the complexity of the vegetated flow, most previous research focuses on the effect of uniformed one-layered vegetation on the flow structure and morphological process. However, less attention was paid to the impact of the mixing vegetation of different heights, which is more realistic and often occurs in natural riverine environments. This paper aims to investigate the effect of mixing three-layered vegetation on flow characteristics, particularly the velocity distrbution, via a novel experiment. Experiments were performed in a titling water flume fully covered with vegetation of three heights (10, 15 and 20 cm) arranged in a staggered pattern, which is partially submerged. Velocities at different positions along a half cross-section were measured using a mini propeller velocimeter. Observed results showed that the velocity has a distinct profile directly behind vegetation and behind the vegetation gap. The overall profile has two distinct reflections about ? below or near the top of short vegetation (h): the velocity remains almost constant in the bottom layer ( h) the velocities directly behind the middle after short vegetation increase much faster than those directly behind the short after tall vegetation. The finding in this study would help river riparian and ecosystem management. .
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grants No.50879019,50909036,and 50879020)the Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education (Grants No.200802940001 and 200802941028)+3 种基金the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Grants No.2010B02214,2009B08014,and 2010B14214)the Natural Science Foundation of Hohai University(Grant No. 2008426411)the Jiangsu "333" Program for High Level Talents (Grant No. 2017-B08038)the National Undergraduate Innovation Training Plan (Grant No.G20101106)
文摘The velocity dip phenomenon may occur in a part of or in the whole flow field of open channel flows due to the secondary flow effect.Based on rectangular flume experiments and the laser Doppler velocimetry,the influence of the distance to the sidewall and the aspect ratio on the velocity dip is investigated.Through application of statistical methods to the experimental results,it is proposed that the flow field may be divided into two regions,the relatively strong sidewall region and the relatively weak sidewall region.In the former region,the distance to the sidewall greatly affects the location of maximum velocity,and,in the latter region,both the distance to the sidewall and the aspect ratio influence the location of the maximum velocity.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos10772166and10672151)the Foundation of China Academy of Engineering Physics(Grant No20050104)
文摘This paper solves the three-dimensional Navier-Stokes equation by a fractional-step method with the Reynolds number Re τ =194 and the rotation number N τ =0-0.12.When N τ is less than 0.06,the turbulence statistics relevant to the spanwise velocity fluctuation are enhanced,but other statistics are suppressed.When N τ is larger than 0.06,all the turbulence statistics decrease significantly.Reynolds stress budgets elucidate that turbulence kinetic energy in the vertical direction is transferred into the streamwise and spanwise directions.The flow structures exhibit that the bursting processes near the bottom wall are ejected toward the free surface.Evident change of near-surface streak structures of the velocity fluctuations are revealed.
文摘An improved divided channel method has been proposed by modelling a parameter using the function of depth ratio for a multi-stage compound channel. Experimental data suggest that as the flow depth increases over the second stage floodplain, fractional contribution of the main channel and first stage floodplain under bankfull height plays a pivotal role in shear layer and momentum distribution. Therefore, a new mathematical model has been suggested for estimating the stage-discharge relationship for staged channels of more than one floodplain using the 1D technique of overall roughness correction. .
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.11861003,11761005).
文摘The aquatic vegetation can significantly affect the flow structure,the sediment transport,the bed scour and the water quality in rivers,lakes,reservoirs and open channels.In this study,the lattice Boltzmann method(LBM)is applied in the two-dimensional numerical simulation of the flow structure in a flume with rigid vegetation.A multi-relaxation time model is applied to improve the stability of the numerical scheme for flows with a high Reynolds number.The vegetation induced drag force is added in the lattice Boltzmann equation model in order to improve the simulation accuracy and an algorithm of the multi-relaxation time is developed.Numerical simulations are performed for a wide range of flow and vegetation conditions and are validated by comparing with the laboratory experiments.Analysis of the simulated and experimentally measured flow Helds shows that the numerical simulation can satisfactorily reproduce the laboratory experiments,indicating that the proposed lattice Boltzmann model enjoys a high accuracy for simulating the flow-vegetation interaction in open channels.
基金Supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2019YFD1100205)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.51809286,51809288).
文摘Vegetation is of great significance in river ecosystems in terms of hydrodynamics,water environment and ecology.The question of how to predict the bulk velocity in channel flow through submerged vegetation is currently a hot topic in hydraulics research.The present study addresses this question.The various formulae used for bulk velocity estimation in previous work were reviewed and compared.The main novelty of this paper is that a new expression of friction factor is proposed as a function of two dimensionless factors,and the number of tuning parameters is less than that in previous work.A comparison of measured and calculated data was conducted for flow through submerged rigid and flexible vegetation.The comparison showed that the proposed new model can make more accurate predictions than previous models.It is envisaged that the proposed formulation can be usefully employed in eco-hydraulics predictions.
基金supported by the Major Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51527809)the Research Project of China Three Gorges Corporation(Grant No.0704106).
文摘In this paper, a particle imaging velocimetry (PIV) system of high-temporal-spatial resolution is used to investigate the spanwise vortex distribution of fully developed turbulent flows in an open channel and its relationship with the turbulence. The distributions of the time-averaged velocity, the turbulence intensity and the Reynolds stress are obtained in the longitudinal profile. The third-generation vortex identification method (based on the Omega-Liutex vector) is applied to accurately identify and analyze the vortex in the spanwise direction. The results suggest that the vortex density increases with the Reynolds number at a given aspect ratio (B / H) of the flow. The distribution trend of the spanwise vortex density in the vertical direction remains unchanged for different discharges. Specifically, the vortex density increases along the vertical direction and reaches the peak at y / H = 0.15, then decreases and reaches the bottoms at the flow surface.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foun-dation of China(Grant Nos.51479007,11172218 and 11372232)the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education(Grant No.20130141110016)
文摘It is now over half a century since Keulegan conducted his open channel flow experiments.Over the past decades,many empirical formulae were proposed based on his results,however,there is still not a combined expression to describe the effects of friction over all hydraulic regions in open channel flows.Therefore,in this letter,based on the analysis of the implicit model and the logarithmic matching method,the results of Keulegan(for authentic experiment data are no longer available,here we adopt the analytical solutions given by Dou)are rescaled into one monotone curve by combining the Reynolds number and the relative roughness of the river bed.A united expression that could cover the entire turbulence regions and be validated with Dou’s analytical solutions is suggested to estimate the friction factor throughout the turbulent region in open channel flows,with higher accuracy than that of the previous formulas.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos 90405007, 10772173 and 90605005)the Program for Cheung Kong Scholars and Innovative Research Team in the University+1 种基金the Science and Technology Innovative Foundation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No CXJJ-237)the Anhui Provincial Excellent Young Scholars Foundation (Grant No 08040106826)
文摘Turbulent open channel flows subjected to the control of a spanwise traveling wave have been investigated by means of Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS). The objective of this study is to reveal the response of the near-wall and surface-influenced turbulence to the spanwise traveling wave control. Three typical frequencies of the spanwise traveling wave, i.e., high-, middle- and low-frequency, corresponding to the exciting periods at 25, 50 and 100, are considered to study the turbulence dynamics in the wall and surface regions. To elucidate the behaviors of turbulence statistics, some typical quantities, including the mean velocity, velocity fluctuations and the structures of turbulence fluctuations, are exhibited and analyzed.
文摘Pulsating turbulent open channel flow has been investigated by the use of Large Eddy Simulation (LES) techniquecoupled with dynamic Sub-Grid-Scale (SGS) model for turbulent SGS stress to closure the governing equations. Three-dimensional filtered Navier-Stokes equations are numerically solved by a fractional-step method. The objective of this study is to deal with the behavior of the pulsating turbulent open channel flow and to examine the reliability of the LES approach for predicting the pulsating turbulent flow. In this study, the Reynolds number (Re τ ) is chosen as 180 based on the friction velocity and the channel depth. The frequency of the driving pressure gradient for the pulsating turbulent flow ranges low, medium and high value. Statistical turbulence quantities as well as the flow structures are analyzed.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.50779023)
文摘The shading method is a simple but effective way of reducing image blooming in the measurement of open channel flows with the Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV).The current paper proposes a simplified analytical model for light attenuation using this method.The model is verified against experimental data,and the influence of several parameters is illustrated numerically.The possible adverse effect due to the light attenuation is shown to be limited when the parameters in the shading method are in an adequate range,as shown by processing standard images of Case B in PIV Challenge 03.A simple criterion for setting the shade in experiment is given for controlling the errors caused by the shading technique within an acceptable range.
文摘The study of flow diversions in open channels plays an important practical role in the design and management of open-channel networks for irrigation or drainage. To accurately predict the mean flow and turbulence characteristics of open-channel dividing flows, a hybrid LES-RANS model, which combines the large eddy simulation (LES) model with the Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) model, is proposed in the present study. The unsteady RANS model was used to simulate the upstream and downstream regions of a main channel, as well as the downstream region of a branch channel. The LES model was used to simulate the channel diversion region, where turbulent flow characteristics are complicated. Isotropic velocity fluctuations were added at the inflow interface of the LES region to trigger the generation of resolved turbulence. A method based on the virtual body force is proposed to impose Reynolds-averaged velocity fields near the outlet of the LES region in order to take downstream flow effects computed by the RANS model into account and dissipate the excessive turbulent fluctuations. This hybrid approach saves computational effort and makes it easier to properly specify inlet and outlet boundary conditions. Comparison between computational results and experimental data indicates that this relatively new modeling approach can accurately predict open-channel T-diversion flows.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foun-dation of China(Grant No.51179113)the Doctoral Program of China Education Ministry(Grant No.20120181110083)
文摘The self-aeration in open channel flows, called white waters, is a phenomenon seen in spillways and steep chutes. The air distribution in the flow is always an important and fundamental issue. The present study develops a numerical model to predict the air concentration distribution in self-aerated open channel flows, by taking the air-water flow as consisting of a low flow region and an upper flow region. On the interface between the two regions, the air concentration is 0.5. In the low flow region where air concentration is lower than 0.5, air bubbles diffuse in the water flow by turbulent transport fluctuations, and in the upper region where air concentration is higher than 0.5, water droplets and free surface roughness diffuse in the air. The air concentration distributions obtained from the diffusion model are in good agreement with measured data both in the uniform equilibrium region and in the self-aerated developing region. It is demonstrated that the numerical model provides a reasonable description of the self-aeration region in open channel flows.
文摘The lateral velocity distribution of flow in the shear layer of open channel is required to many problems in river and eco-environment engineering, e.g. distribution of pollutant dispersion, sediment transport and bank erosion, and aquatic habitat. It is not well understood about how the velocity varies laterally in the wall boundary layer. This paper gives an analytical solution of lateral velocity distribution in a rectangular open channel based on the depth-averaged momentum equation proposed by Shiono & Knight. The obtained lateral velocity distributions in the wall shear layer are related to the two hydraulic parameters of lateral eddy viscosity (λ) and depth-averaged secondary flow (Γ) for given roughened channels. Preliminary relationships between the above two parameters and the aspect ratio of channel, B/H, are obtained from two sets of experimental data. The lateral width (δ) of the shear layer was investigated and found to relate to the λ and the bed friction factor (f), as described by Equation (26). This study indicates that the lateral shear layer near the wall can be very wide (δ/H = 14.6) for the extreme case (λ = 0.6 and f = 0.01).
文摘The flow of liquids in open channels has been studied since ancient Rome. However, the vast majority of published reports on flow in open channels are focused on the transport of drinking water and sewage disposal. The literature on the transport of molten metals in open channels is quite scarce. In this work, the uniform flow of pig iron and molten aluminum in rectangular open channels is studied. Specific energy curves are constructed and critical heights are analytically determined. The transition from subcritical to supercritical flow is analyzed as a function of the angle of inclination of the channel and the roughness of its walls. Manning’s equation is applied to the pig iron flow using data reported in the literature for molten aluminum. The need to correct the roughness coefficient for pig iron is observed in order to obtain results consistent with those previously reported.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China
文摘Due to the very fine space resolution and high noise-reduction capability of the improved laboratory-made laser Doppler anemometer, the temporal mean velocity and velocity fluctuation in uniform, rough bed open channel turbulent flows were measured in full detail nd a large amount of information about the wall region was obtained. The influence of boundary roughness on flow characteristics was examined by changing the relative smoothness scale, H/k_s, of the flow. It is proposed that there are three sorts of bed roughness, namely, the large scale roughness, the medium one and the small one. The small scale roughness is of more universal significance to engineering practice, and much attention is devoted to the characteristics of the flow over boundaries of such a sort of roughness.
文摘A theoretical investigation of air concentration distribution in self-aerated openchannel flow is presented in this paper.Research indicates that,if the aeration ratio is high,theinteraction between air and water should be taken into consideration and the turbulent transportequation be modified properly.The calculating models of the rising velocity of air bubbles andthe coefficient of turbulent diffusion are derived.The united air concentration distribution for-mula for upper and lower regions is then obtained.The analytical solutions show good agreementwith the measured data.
