Turbulence characteristics of flows passing through a tetrahedron frame in a smooth open-channel |
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Authors: | Jau-Yau Lu Tien-Feng ChangYee-Meng Chiew Shih-Ping HungJian-Hao Hong |
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Affiliation: | a Department of Civil Engineering, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan, ROC b School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological Univ., Singapore 639798, Singapore |
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Abstract: | The turbulence characteristics of flows passing through a tetrahedron frame were investigated by using a 2-dimensional fiber-optic laser Doppler velocimeter (2-D FLDV). Experiments for uniform flows with different bed slopes under both submerged and un-submerged conditions were carried out in a re-circulating flume with glass side walls. The experimental bed was a smooth fixed bed. It was observed that with the tetrahedron frame the mean longitudinal velocity decrease in the retardation zone. However, both the longitudinal and the vertical turbulence intensities are larger than those for the undisturbed approach flow. The tetrahedron frame may reduce the probability of sediment entrainment by retarding the flow and reducing the boundary shear stress. In addition, it may induce sediment deposition in a sediment laden flow by changing the flow direction and increasing the energy dissipation. |
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Keywords: | Open channel flow Reynolds stress Shear stress Tetrahedron frame Turbulence |
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