Design and Development of a low-cost GNSS-tracked surface drifter for investigating tidal currents in a creek environment

V Teppala, A Gurjar, PK Bhaskaran - Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 2024 - Elsevier
The tidal dynamics in estuarine and creek environments are quite complex and depend
primarily on tides, waves, wind, water depth, and riverine inflow conditions. A proper …

Free-surface behaviour of shallow turbulent flows

F Muraro, G Dolcetti, A Nichols, SJ Tait… - Journal of Hydraulic …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Over the last two decades, interest in the free-surface behaviour of gravity-driven shallow
turbulent flows has increased considerably. It is believed that observation of free-surface …

[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 …

The design and calibration of instrumented particles for assessing water infrastructure hazards

K Al-Obaidi, Y Xu, M Valyrakis - Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks, 2020 - mdpi.com
The highly dynamical entrainment and transport processes of solids due to geophysical
flows is a major challenge studied by water infrastructure engineers and geoscientists alike …

Modelling of the free surface deformation and air entrainment behavior in 2D turbulent flows

H Hua, W Xu, W Wei - Ocean Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
The dynamic free-surface evolution leading to air entrainment is important for understanding
two-phase flow generation. It is, therefore, essential to clarify the inherent response of the …

Quantitative analysis of grain orientation as a proxy for historical flow dynamics

J Qin, Q Li, T Wu, H Ding - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The spatial arrangement of grains in gravel‐bed rivers significantly influences sediment
transport, flow resistance, and ecological conditions. Inferring historical flow information from …

An open surface drifter for river flow field characterization

JF Fuentes-Pérez, FJ Sanz-Ronda, JA Tuhtan - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
The continuous observation of flows is required to assess a river's ecological status, to
allocate irrigation withdrawals, to provide sustainable hydropower production and to plan …

Assessing sediment transport dynamics from energy perspective by using the instrumented particle

Z Alhusban, M Valyrakis - International Journal of Sediment Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Sediment transport has been extensively studied. There is still a need to learn more about
the mechanisms that make bed particles move, which is caused by turbulent flow in the low …

Assessing and modelling the interactions of instrumented particles with bed surface at low transport conditions

Z Alhusban, M Valyrakis - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Featured Application This research describes the application of an instrumented sphere for
monitoring the vigorousness of its interactions as it is transported downstream a turbulent …