Acoustic Doppler Velocimetry in Transient Free-Surface Flows: Field and Laboratory Experience with Bores and Surges
Publication: Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
Volume 150, Issue 5
Abstract
An understanding of turbulence and mixing is essential to the knowledge of turbulent dissipation, sediment transport, advection of nutrient-rich and organic effluents, and stormwater runoff in prototype water systems, as well as in laboratory channels used for physical modeling of geometrically-scaled full-scale water bodies and for validation of computational models. The acoustic Doppler velocimeter (ADV) system is a robust instrument well suited for such turbulence measurements in open channel flows. The application of acoustic Doppler velocimeter to transient free-surface flows is reviewed in this paper. Based upon field applications and laboratory experiments, the intricacy and inherent difficulties are discussed. The experience and expertise in transient flows highlighted the importance of the signal processing and precise synchronization. Finally, we stress a major benefit of the acoustic Doppler velocimetry for its capability to be used in both field and laboratory, in turn providing some level of confidence in the comparison between full-scale and laboratory data.
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All data or models that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
Acknowledgments
The first author thanks a large number of colleagues and former students who assisted with the field and laboratory work, in particular Dr. Jan Becker, Dr. Youkai Li, Dr. Nazanin Khezri, Christian Koch, Prof. Pierre Lubin, Dr. Bruce Macvicar, Prof. Colin Rennie, Dr. Martina Reichstetter, Dr. David Reungoat, Dr. Rui (Ray) Shi, Dr. Bruno Simon, Dr. Hang Wang, Dr. Gangfu Zhang (in alphabetical order). Both authors further acknowledge the technical assistance of Jason van der Gevel and Stewart Matthews (The University of Queensland). The two anonymous reviewers are thanked for their pertinent comments. The following financial support is acknowledged: the Australian Research Council, Australia (Grants LP0347242, LP110100431, DP120100481, LP140100225, DP190103379), Agence Nationale de la Recherche (France) (Grant ANR MASCARET ANR-10-BLAN-0911), QLD Department of Transport and Main Roads (Grant TMTHF1805), Apiary Financial (Grantor RE333704).
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