Shallow turbulent wake flows: momentum and mass transfer due to large-scale coherent vortical structures

• Main Author: Carmer, Carl Friedrich von (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: KIT Scientific Publishing 2005
• Series: Dissertationsreihe am Institut für Hydromechanik der Universität Karlsruhe (TH)
• Subjects: History of engineering & technology; vortex street; wake flow; flow measurement; LIF; shallow water; turbulence; coherent structure; PCA; mass transport; light absorbtion; PIV; LDV
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Shallow turbulent wake flows are generated by large obstacles - like islands or headlands - introduced to shallow turbulent open-channel flows. Large-scale quasi two-dimensional vortices may shed off from an obstacle, and advect downstream in a vertical shear flow with predominantly small-scale turb...