Turbulence characteristics in skimming flows on stepped spillways

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 865-880

  Carosi, G ^a   Chanson, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Skimming flows; Stepped spillways; Turbulence; Turbulent energy dissipation

Indexed keywords

AIR; CORRELATION METHODS; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; ENERGY DISSIPATORS; SPILLWAYS;

BASIC CHARACTERISTICS; DOWNSTREAM ENERGY; LARGE SIZES; PHASE-DETECTION; RATE-OF-ENERGY; SKIMMING FLOW; SKIMMING FLOWS; STEP HEIGHT; STEPPED SPILLWAYS; TIME SCALING; TURBULENCE INTENSITIES; TURBULENT CHARACTERISTICS; TURBULENT ENERGY DISSIPATION;

TURBULENCE;

AIR-WATER INTERACTION; ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; ENERGY DISSIPATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SPILLWAY; TURBULENCE;

EID: 51949112742     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/L08-030     Document Type: Article

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