Laboratory observation of boundary layer flow under spilling breakers in surf zone using particle image velocimetry

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 343-357

  Huang, Zhi Cheng ^a   Hwung, Hwung Hweng ^a   Hsiao, Shih Chun ^a   Chang, Kuang An ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottom shear stress; Boundary layer; Breaking waves; Phase lead; PIV; Surf zone

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM BOUNDARY LAYER; BOTTOM SHEAR STRESS; BOUNDARY LAYER THICKNESS; BREAKING WAVES; ENERGY SPECTRA; EULERIAN; FLOW PROPERTIES; HIGH RESOLUTION; INERTIAL SUBRANGE; INNER SURF ZONES; INTERMITTENCY; LARGE EDDY; MASS TRANSPORT; MAXIMUM OVERSHOOT; MEAN VELOCITIES; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY TECHNIQUE; PHASE VARIATION; PIV MEASUREMENTS; REYNOLDS STRESS; SPATIAL VELOCITY; SPILLING BREAKER; STREAMWISE VELOCITY; SUBRANGE; SURF ZONES; TIME-AVERAGED; TURBULENCE INTENSITY; TURBULENCE LEVEL; TURBULENT EDDY; TURBULENT INTENSITIES; VELOCITY PROFILES; VISCOUS BOUNDARY LAYERS; VISCOUS STRESS; VORTICITY FIELD; WATER DEPTH;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; MASS TRANSFER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; SPECTROSCOPY; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TURBULENCE; VELOCIMETERS; VELOCITY; VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VORTICITY; WATER WAVES;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; BREAKING WAVE; DISSIPATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; LABORATORY METHOD; MASS TRANSPORT; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR STRESS; SURF ZONE; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY PROFILE; WATER DEPTH;

EID: 74449088182     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2009.11.004     Document Type: Article

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