Investigation of the velocity and pressure fluctuations distributions inside the turbulent horseshoe vortex system around a circular bridge pier

Proceedings of the International Conference on Fluvial Hydraulics - River Flow 2006

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 709-718

  Kirkil, G ^a   Constantinescu, G ^a   Ettema, R ^a  

^a University of Iowa   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAOTIC OSCILLATIONS; CIRCULAR BRIDGES; DOUBLE PEAKS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; HIGH REYNOLDS NUMBERS; HORSE SHOE VORTICES; JUNCTION FLOWS; LARGE-EDDY SIMULATIONS; PRESSURE FLUCTUATIONS; PRIMARY VORTICES; SHALLOW CHANNELS; SHARP INCREASE; SPACE AND TIME; SPATIO-TEMPORAL STRUCTURES; SUB-GRID SCALE MODELS; UPSTREAM FACES; VELOCITY COMPONENTS; VELOCITY FLUCTUATIONS; VORTICAL STRUCTURES;

BRIDGE PIERS; HYDRAULICS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; LIQUIDS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STREAM FLOW; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY; VORTEX FLOW;

CHAOTIC SYSTEMS;

EID: 60749119512     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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