Tidal residual circulation produced by a tidal vortex |
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Authors: | Makoto Kashiwai |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Fisheries, Kyoto University, 606 Kyoto, Japan |
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Abstract: | “TIDAL VORTEX” is a term for a kind of starting vortex formed as a pair of vortices at the head of a tidal jet emanating from
a narrow entrance into a bay. In this study, its formation and movement have been investigated by means of a hydraulic experiment
and an analytical model. A tidal vortex is formed as a result of flow separation at the abrupt widening of a channel entrance
followed by rolling up of the discontinuity surface around its free end. The vortex shows three types of life-history (type
I, II and III), which are characterized by the Strouhal number and the aspect ratio of the horizontal shape of the entrance
channel. In the case of type-I, the tidal vortex proceeds toward the inner region of the bay and there amalgamates with successive
vortex cores into a core of tidal residual circulation. In the case of type-II, the tidal vortex core flows out into the entrance
channel on the ebb but returns back into the bay on the subsequent flood. And, in the case of type-III, the tidal vortex core
which was formed on the bay-side opening of the entrance channel flows out to the open sea and never comes back, whereas the
core which was formed on the open-sea side of the entrance flows into the bay and never flows out. The circulation of a tidal
vortex core is proportional to the reciprocal of the Strouhal number. The movement of the core near the bay entrance is determined
by interaction between the cores and transportation due to the irrotational component of the tidal current. There are three
types of tidal residual circulation, corresponding to three life-history types of tidal vortices. In the case of type-I, a
strong tidal residual circulation is formed, but in type-II a small and weak circulation is formed. While, in type-III, the
circulation having an inverse sense of rotation to that of type-I is formed. |
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