Turbulence Characteristics in a Rock-Ramp-Type Fish Pass
Publication: Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
Volume 141, Issue 2
Abstract
This paper presents the results of an investigation on the turbulence characteristics of a rock-ramp-type, nature-like fish pass with a staggered arrangement of boulders for slopes of 1.5 and 3% for different discharges. This study showed some major differences between the flow with cluster of boulders (wake-interference flow) and the flow with isolated boulders (isolated-roughness flow) in the decay rate of turbulence and turbulence magnitude. General correlations were derived for the turbulence intensity and turbulent kinetic energy (TKE) as a function of normalized streamwise distance in a rock-ramp fish pass. Turbulence statistics (skewness and kurtosis), energy dissipation rate, and dissipative eddy size in this fish pass were also discussed in relation to fish passage.
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Acknowledgments
Funding for this research was provided by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada and Diavik Diamond Mines, Inc. (DDMI). The writers are grateful to Felipe Justo Breton, Perry Fedun, and Chris Krath for building the experimental arrangement. The manuscript benefitted from the constructive comments of anonymous reviewers.
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Volume 141 • Issue 2 • February 2015
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Received: Dec 2, 2013
Accepted: Oct 2, 2014
Published online: Nov 5, 2014
Published in print: Feb 1, 2015
Discussion open until: Apr 5, 2015
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