Water surface response to turbulent flow over a backward-facing step

Q Luo, G Dolcetti, T Stoesser, S Tait - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2023 - cambridge.org
The water surface response to subcritical turbulent flow over a backward-facing step (BFS) is
studied via high-resolution large-eddy simulation (LES). The LES method is validated first …

Using noncontact measurement of water surface dynamics to estimate river discharge

G Dolcetti, B Hortobágyi, M Perks… - Water Resources …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Estimating river discharge requires simultaneous measurement of velocity and flow depth.
While surface velocities are relatively easy to measure using noncontact techniques, depth …

Reconstruction of three-dimensional turbulent flow structures using surface measurements for free-surface flows based on a convolutional neural network

A Xuan, L Shen - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2023 - cambridge.org
A model based on a convolutional neural network (CNN) is designed to reconstruct the three-
dimensional turbulent flows beneath a free surface using surface measurements, including …

Influence of lateral flow contraction on bed shear stress estimation by using measured turbulent kinetic energy

K Rehman, SH Hong - Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Sedimentation, including erosion, transport, and deposition of river-bed material, is a
complex process influenced by several parameters related to flow, materials, and …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of turbulence and secondary flow on the water surface in partially filled pipes

Y Liu, T Stoesser, H Fang - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Large eddy simulations (LESs) of turbulent flow in partially filled pipes at various filling
degrees are conducted to investigate the response of the water surface to the turbulence …

Turbulent free-surface in self-aerated flows: superposition of entrapped and entrained air

M Kramer - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2024 - cambridge.org
The characterisation and the modelling of air concentration distributions in self-aerated free-
surface flows has been subject to sustained research interest since the 1970s. Recently, a …

Reynolds number and submergence ratio effects on turbulence structures in the shallow wake of a horizontal pipe located on a rough bed

K Devi, PR Hanmaiahgari, R Balachandar… - Physics of …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
The effects of Reynolds number and submergence ratio on mean velocity, separation length,
Reynolds shear stresses (RSS), correlation coefficient, anisotropy, and turbulent kinetic …

Extracting free-surface expressions of underwater features

S Gakhar, JR Koseff, NT Ouellette - Experiments in Fluids, 2022 - Springer
We present a method to extract the surface expressions of underwater features inspired by
the observation that these features are characterized by sharp elevation gradients at their …

Reaeration in supercritical open channel flows: an experimental study

W Zhao, A Prata, W Peirson, R Stuetz… - Journal of Hydraulic …, 2022 - ascelibrary.org
Reaeration is a primary path of reoxygenation in streams, fundamental to environmental and
ecological integrity. Previous laboratory studies of reaeration rates in subcritical flows …

Vortex imprints on a free surface as proxy for surface divergence

OM Babiker, I Bjerkebæk, A Xuan, L Shen… - Journal of Fluid …, 2023 - cambridge.org
In turbulence near a free surface, strong vortices attach to the surface, creating surface
imprints visible as nearly circular 'dimples'. By studying these imprints in direct numerical …