Turbulence in River and Maritime Hydraulics

• Main Author: Davies, Peter A. (auth)
• Other Authors: Termini, Donatella (auth), Mossa, Michele (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Subjects: History of engineering & technology; inclined negatively buoyant jets; flow mixing; Kelvin-Helmholtz; flow-through system; mixing; regular waves; vegetation patch; turbulence invariants; junction angle; gravel-bed rivers; spatial analysis; spectral model; coastal lagoon; roughness; MIKE 21 FM (HD); billow; dissipation; river mouth; waves; advection; wave-current interaction; plunging breaking waves; turbulence; flow deflection zone; smoothed particle hydrodynamics models; numerical modelling; physical modelling; surface waves; lobe; dilution; numerical model; channel confluences; prediction; meanders; CFD; bedrock canyon; MIKE 3 FM (HD &; SVF; diffusion; dense jet; sub-grid turbulence; flow separation zone; breaking waves; <i>Spartina maritima</i>; jets; maritime areas; flow retardation zone; seabed friction; sea discharges; secondary motion; ADCP; cleft; submerged ratio; laboratory experiments; wake region; eddy viscosity; bottom friction; casting technique; turbulent jet; tidal inlets; rivers; nonlinear shallow water equations; vorticity; hydrodynamic model; flow resistance; PANORMUS; spectral dissipation; TR); macrovortices; turbulent processes; velocity; trajectory; flexible vegetation; energy dissipation; gravity current; bed shear stress; current flow; drag coefficient; residence time; wave attenuation
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Understanding of the role of turbulence in controlling transport processes is of paramount importance for the preservation and protection of aquatic ecosystems, the minimization of the deleterious consequences of anthropogenic activity, and the successful sustainable development of river and maritim...