Coherent structure dynamics in turbulent flows past in-stream structures: Some insights gained via numerical simulation

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Volumn 136, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 981-993

  Paik, Joongcheol ^a   Escauriaza, Cristian ^b   Sotiropoulos, Fotis ^c  

^a Gangneung Wonju National University   (South Korea)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coherent structures; Computational fluid dynamics techniques; Numerical models; Stream restoration; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; COHERENT STRUCTURE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS TECHNIQUE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS TECHNIQUES; COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; FLOW AND TRANSPORT; FLOW DEPTH; HIGH REYNOLDS NUMBER FLOWS; HORSESHOE VORTICES; INSTREAM STRUCTURES; KEY PARAMETERS; MODELING STRATEGY; NATURAL STREAMS; NUMERICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OPEN CHANNELS; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; RECENT PROGRESS; RUNNING WATERS; SHEAR LAYER; SIDE WALLS; STREAM BANKS; STREAM RESTORATION; UPSTREAM FACE; VELOCITY FLUCTUATIONS; VORTICAL STRUCTURES; VORTICITY DYNAMICS; FLOW PROCESS; STREAM; STRUCTURE DYNAMICS; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDS; HYDRAULICS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); NUMERICAL METHODS; RESTORATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; RIVERS; STREAM FLOW; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTICITY; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; SHEAR FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL MODELS;

FLUID DYNAMICS; GROIN; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SIMULATION; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTICITY;

EID: 78349288009     PISSN: 07339429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-7900.0000089     Document Type: Article

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