Research Article
Sep 1972
Measurement of Velocity-Concentration Covariance
Publication: Journal of the Hydraulics Division
Volume 98, Issue 9
Abstract
A single-electrode conductivity probe in a bridge circuit and a hot-film sensor and anemometer were used to make the first known measurements of the longitudinal velocity-concentration covariance, uc, along a diffusing plume in the flow. The measurements were made in a 3.87-ft (1.18-m) wide flume over three boundary roughnesses. From these measurements the Boussinesq-type mass transfer coefficient was directly evaluated and compared with the longitudinal-diffusion coefficients obtained from a floating-particle study at the water surface. Within experimental accuracy the results show that the Boussinesq-type transfer coefficient is an adequate model for describing the scalar transport process.
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Journal of the Hydraulics Division
Volume 98 • Issue 9 • September 1972
Pages: 1625 - 1646
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© 1972 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Feb 3, 2021
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Paul S. McQuivey, AM.ASCE
Res. Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Bay St. Louis, Mo.
Thomas N. Keefer, AM.ASCE
Res. Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Bay St. Louis, Mo.
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