Combined three-dimensional flow field measurements and motion tracking of freely moving spheres in a turbulent boundary layer

R Van Hout, A Hershkovitz, GE Elsinga… - Journal of Fluid …, 2022 - cambridge.org
A combination of time-resolved tomographic particle image velocimetry, refractive index
matching technique and machine vision algorithms was used to measure the translational …

Preferential accumulation of finite-size particles in near-wall streaks

C Peng, LP Wang, S Chen - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2024 - cambridge.org
The preference for particles to accumulate at specific regions in the near-wall part is a widely
observed phenomenon in wall-bounded turbulence. Unlike small particles more frequently …

Large Eddy Simulation of a sediment particle under entrainment conditions

S Yücesan, J Schobesberger, C Sindelar… - Journal of Hydraulic …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
A Large Eddy Simulation of a fully developed turbulent open-channel flow with a Reynolds
number of R e= 71,755 was performed to study dynamics of coherent structures in the …

Response of flow and saltating particle characteristics to bed roughness and particle spatial density

C Zhao, P Ouro, T Stoesser, S Dey… - Water Resources …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
With the goal to explore the effects of natural bed roughness on bedload transport,
numerical simulations of flow and particle saltation are carried out with varying bed …

Planform evolution of a sinuous channel triggered by curvature and autogenic width oscillations due to generic grain transport

RK Mahato, S Dey, SZ Ali - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
We study the dynamics of an erodible sinuous channel subject to combined curvature and
autogenic width oscillations. We find that generic grain transport (both bedload and …

Motion of finite-size spheres released in a turbulent boundary layer

YH Tee, DC Barros, EK Longmire - International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 2020 - Elsevier
Individual magnetic wax spheres with specific gravities of 1.006, 1.054 and 1.152 were
released from rest on a smooth wall in water at friction Reynolds numbers, R e τ= 680 and …

Effect of fluid motions on finite spheres released in turbulent boundary layers

YH Tee, EK Longmire - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2024 - cambridge.org
This paper extends the work in Tee et al.(Intl J. Multiphase Flow, vol. 133, 2020, 103462) to
investigate the effect of turbulent fluid motions on the translation and rotation of lifting and …

Particle entrainment by bursting phenomena in open-channel flow over rough bed

K Matsumoto, T Okamoto, M Sanjou - Environmental Fluid Mechanics, 2024 - Springer
In natural gravel-bed rivers, fine sediment deposition contributes to the bed morphology and
entrapment of plant seeds often leads to the evolution of vegetated areas. Therefore, it is …

Direct Numerical Simulation of Sediment Transport in Turbulent Open Channel Flow Using the Lattice Boltzmann Method

L Hu, Z Dong, C Peng, LP Wang - Fluids, 2021 - mdpi.com
The lattice Boltzmann method is employed to conduct direct numerical simulations of
turbulent open channel flows with the presence of finite-size spherical sediment particles …

The role of energetic flow structures on the aeolian transport of sediment and plastic debris

M Valyrakis, X Zhao, T Pähtz, Z Li - arXiv preprint arXiv:2409.03494, 2024 - arxiv.org
Recently, significant progress has been made in conceptually describing the dynamic
aspects of coarse particle entrainment, which has been explored experimentally for open …