Laboratory Verification of Turbulent Flow Model
Publication: Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
Volume 110, Issue 4
Abstract
Salient features of a method to compute turbulent flows in closed and open channels using the turbulence model are reviewed. An experimental study to verify the method is described which concludes that the method is capable of predicting the fully‐developed distributions of the time‐averaged velocity component in the longitudinal direction and the shear stress in two‐dimensional, uniform channel flows accurately. The turbulence regime of the flows tested varies from transitional turbulence to fully‐developed turbulence for free‐surface flows and from hydraulically smooth turbulence to transitional turbulence for flows with top cover.
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Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
Volume 110 • Issue 4 • April 1984
Pages: 500 - 514
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Copyright © 1984 ASCE.
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Published online: Apr 1, 1984
Published in print: Apr 1984
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