Mean Flow and Turbulence Structure of Open-Channel Flow through Non-Emergent Vegetation
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The ability of turbulence models, based on two equation closure schemes (the k-ε and the k-ω formulations) to compute the mean flow and turbulence structure in open channels with rigid, nonemergent vegetation is analyzed. The procedure, developed by Raupach and Shaw (1982), for atmospheric flows over plant canopies is used to transform the 3D problem into a more tractable 1D framework by averaging the conservation laws over space and time. With this methodology, form/drag related terms arise as a consequence of the averaging procedure, and do not need to be introduced artificially in the governing equations. This approach resolves the apparent ambiguity in previously reported values of the drag-related weighting coefficients in the equations for the turbulent kinetic energy and dissipation rates. The working hypothesis for the numerical models is that the flux gradient approximation applies to spatial/temporal averaged conservation laws, so that the eddy viscosity concept can be used. Numerical results are compared against experimental observations, including mean velocities, turbulence intensities, Reynolds stresses, and different terms in the turbulent kinetic energy budget. The models are used to further estimate vegetation-induced flow resistance. In agreement with field observations, Manning's coefficient is almost uniform for some critical plant density and then increases linearly.
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Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
Volume 127 • Issue 5 • May 2001
Pages: 392 - 402
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Received: Sep 15, 1998
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