Shallow Water Wave Propagation in Convectively Accelerating Open-Channel Flow Induced by the Tailwater Effect
Publication: Journal of Engineering Mechanics
Volume 130, Issue 3
Abstract
Propagation of shallow water waves in viscous open-channel flows that are convectively accelerating or decelerating under gradually varying water surface profiles is theoretically investigated. Issues related to the hydrodynamics of wave propagation in a rectangular open channel are studied: the effect of viscosity in terms of the Manning coefficient; the effect of gravity in terms of the Froude number; wave translation and attenuation characteristics; nonlinearity and wave shock; the role of tailwater in wave propagation; and free surface instability. A uniformly valid nonlinear solution to describe the unsteady gradually varying flow throughout the complete wave propagation domain at and away from the kinematic wave shock as well as near the downstream boundary that exhibits the tailwater effect is derived by employing the matched asymptotic method. Different scenarios of hydraulically spatially varying surface profiles such as M1, M2, and S1 type profiles are discussed. Results from the nonlinear wave analysis are further interpreted and the influence of the tailwater effect is identified. In addition to the nonlinear wave analysis, a linear stability analysis is introduced to quantify the impact from such water surface profiles on the free surface instability. It is shown that the asymptotic flow structure is composed of three distinct regions: an outer region that is driven by gravity and channel resistance; a near wave shock region dominated by the convective inertia, pressure gradient, gravity and channel resistance; and a downstream boundary impact region where the convective inertia, pressure gradient, gravity and channel resistance terms are of importance. The tailwater effect is demonstrated influential to the flow structure, free surface stability, wave transmission mechanism, and hydrostatic pressure gradient in flow.
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Journal of Engineering Mechanics
Volume 130 • Issue 3 • March 2004
Pages: 320 - 336
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Received: Aug 8, 2002
Accepted: Aug 26, 2003
Published online: Feb 19, 2004
Published in print: Mar 2004
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