On the interaction between a turbulent open channel flow and an axial-flow turbine

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 716, Issue , 2013, Pages 658-670

  Chamorro, L P ^a   Hill, C ^a   Morton, S ^a   Ellis, C ^a   Arndt, R E A ^a   Sotiropoulos, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

channel flow; hydraulics; waves free surface flows

Indexed keywords

AXIAL FLOW; AXIAL FLOW TURBOMACHINERY; CHANNEL FLOW; FLOW STRUCTURE; HYDRAULICS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TURBINES; WAKES;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER VELOCIMETER; CRITICAL FREQUENCIES; HIGH TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; HYDROKINETIC TURBINES; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; TURBULENT OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; TURBULENT STRUCTURES; WAVES/FREE-SURFACE FLOWS;

OPEN CHANNEL FLOW;

CHANNEL HYDRAULICS; FREE SURFACE FLOW; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TURBINE; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTEX FLOW; WAKE;

EID: 84878990801     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2012.571     Document Type: Article

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