Turbulence Measurements in the Great Ouse Estuary
Publication: Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
Volume 112, Issue 3
Abstract
Field measurements have been made of the turbulent fluctuations of the longitudinal and vertical components of velocity by using an electromagnetic flowmeter in a partially mixed reach of the Great Ouse estuary. An error analysis of the results showed that the measurement technique was satisfactory for determining most turbulence parameters. The effects of stratification were clearly apparent in the length scales, energy spectra, and cospectra of the turbulent fluctuations. The characteristics of the turbulence were found to be similar to those for laboratory flume data and stably stratified atmospheric boundary layer data for various specific conditions. More data are required to cover a wider range of conditions.
Get full access to this article
View all available purchase options and get full access to this article.
References
1.
Anwar, H. O., “The Study of the Turbulence Structure in a Tidal Flow,” Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, Vol. 13, Pt. 4, Oct., 1981, pp. 373–387.
2.
Anwar, H. O., and Atkins, R., “Turbulence Measurements in Simulated Tidal Flow,” Journal of the Hydraulics Division, ASCE, Vol. 106, No. HY8, Proc. Paper 15609, Aug., 1980, pp. 1273–1289.
3.
Bendat, J. S., and Piersol, A. G., “Random Data: Analysis and Measurement Procedures,” Wiley—Interscience, New York, NY, 1971.
4.
Bowden, K. F., “Measurements of Turbulence Near the Sea Bed in a Tidal Current,” Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 67, No. 8, July, 1962, pp. 3181–3186.
5.
Bowden, K. F., and Fairbairn, L. A., “Measurements of Turbulent Fluctuations and Reynolds Stresses in a Tidal Current,” Proceedings of the Royal Sociely, Series A, Vol. 237, London, England, 1956, pp. 422–438.
6.
Bowden, K. F., and Howe, M. R., “Observations of Turbulence in a Tidal Current,” Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 17, Pt. 2, Oct., 1963, pp. 271–284.
7.
Bowden, K. F., and Ferguson, S. R., “Variations with Height of the Turbulence in a Tidally Induced Bottom Boundary Layer,” Marine Turbulence, J. C. J. Nihoul, Ed., Elsevier Scientific Publishing Co., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1980, pp. 259–286.
8.
Caughey, S. J., “Boundary Layer Turbulence Spectra in Stable Conditions,” Boundary Layer Meteorology, Vol. 11, No. 1, 1977, pp. 3–14.
9.
Caughey, S. H., Wyngaard, J. C., and Kaimal, J. C., “Turbulence in the Evolving Stable Boundary Layer,” Journal of Atmospheric Science, Vol. 36, No. 6, June, 1979, pp. 1041–1052.
10.
Dyer, K. R., “The Mixing Processes in a Partially Mixed Estuary: Southampton Water,” Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Stratified Flows, International Association of Hydraulics Research, Vol. 2, June, 1980, Trondheim, Norway, pp. 934–943.
11.
Gartrell, G., Jr., and Kech, W. M., “Vertical Flux Measurements in a Density Stratified Shear Flow,” Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Stratified Flows, International Association of Hydraulics Research, Vol. 1, June, 1980, Trondheim, Norway, pp. 301–314.
12.
Gibson, M. M., and Launder, B. E., “Ground Effects on Pressure Fluctuations in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer,” Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 86, Pt. 3, June, 1978, pp. 491–511.
13.
Gordon, C. M., and Dohne, C. F., “Some Observations of Turbulent Flow in a Tidal Estuary,” Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 78, No. 12, Apr., 1973, pp. 1971–1978.
14.
Grass, A. J., “Structural Features of Turbulent Flow over Smooth and Rough Boundaries,” Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 50, Pt. 2, Nov., 1971, pp. 233–255.
15.
Heathershaw, A. D., “Measurements of Turbulence in the Irish Sea Benthic Boundary Layer,” The Benthic Boundary Layer, I. N. McCave, Ed., Plenum Publishing Corp., New York, NY, 1976, pp. 11–31.
16.
Heathershaw, A. D., “The Turbulent Structure of the Bottom Boundary Layer in a Tidal Current,” Geophysical Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 58, 1979, pp. 395–430.
17.
Kaimal, J. C., “Turbulence Spectra, Length Scales and Structure Parameters in the Stable Surface Layer,” Boundary Layer Meteorology, Vol. 4, 1973, pp. 289–309.
18.
Komori, S., Ueda, H., Ogino, F., and Mizushina, T., “Turbulence Structure in a Stably Stratified Open Channel Flow,” Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 130, May, 1983, pp. 13–26.
19.
Laufer, J., “Investigation of Turbulent Flow in a Two Dimensional Channel,” Report No. 1053, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Washington, DC, 1951.
20.
Lu, S. S., and Willmarth, W. W., “Measurements of the Structure of the Reynolds Stress in a Turbulent Boundary Layer,” Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 60, Pt. 3, Sept., 1973, pp. 481–511.
21.
Mizushina, T., Ogino, F., Ueda, H., and Komori, S., “Application of Laser Doppler Velocimetry to Turbulence in Non‐isothermal Flow,” Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series A, Vol. 366, London, England, 1979, pp. 63–79.
22.
McQuivey, R. S., and Richardson, E. V., “Some Turbulence Measurements in Open Channel Flow,” Journal of the Hydraulics Division, ASCE, Vol. 95, No. HY1, Proc. Paper 6349, Jan., 1969, pp. 209–223.
23.
Nakagawa, H., Nezu, I., and Ueda, H., “Turbulence of Open Channel Flow over Smooth and Rough Beds,” Proceedings of the Japanese Society of Civil Engineers, No. 241, Sept., 1975, pp. 155–168.
24.
Nakagawa, H., and Nezu, I., “Predictions of the Contributions to the Reynolds Stress from Bursting Events in Open Channel Flows,” Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 80, Pt. 1, Apr., 1977, pp. 99–128.
25.
Nalluri, C., and Novak, P., “Turbulence Characteristics in Smooth Open Channel Flow,” presented at the October, 1977, Fifth Biennial Symposium on Turbulence, held at the Univ. of Missouri‐Rolla, at Rolla, MO.
26.
Odd, N. V. M., and Rodger, J. G., “Vertical Mixing in Stratified Tidal Flows,” Journal of the Hydraulics Division, ASCE, Vol. 104, No. HY3, Proc. Paper 13599, Mar., 1978, pp. 337–351.
27.
Shiono, K., “Vertical Exchange in Stratified Flow,” thesis presented to the Univ. of Birmingham, at Birmingham, England, in 1981, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
28.
Soulsby, R. L., “Selecting Record Length and Digitisation Rate for Near‐Bed Turbulence Measurements,” Journal of Physical Oceanography, Vol. 10, Feb., 1980, pp. 208–219.
29.
Thompson, D. M., and Gilbert, G., “The Fast Fourier Transform with Applications to Spectrum and Cross Spectral Analysis,” Internal Report No. 100, Hydraulics Research Station, Wallingford, UK, Dec., 1971.
30.
Ueda, H., Mitsumoto, S., and Komori, S., “Buoyancy Effects on the Turbulent Transport Processes in the Lower Atmosphere,” Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, Vol. 107, No. 453, July, 1981, pp. 561–578.
31.
Webster, C. A. G., “An Experimental Study of Turbulence in a Density Stratified Shear Flow,” Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 19, Pt. 2, June, 1964, pp. 221–245.
32.
Young, S. T. B., “Turbulence Measurements in a Stably Stratified Turbulent Shear Flow,” Report No. QMC‐EP 6018, Queen Mary College, Univ. of London, UK, 1975.
Information & Authors
Information
Published In
Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
Volume 112 • Issue 3 • March 1986
Pages: 167 - 180
Copyright
Copyright © 1986 ASCE.
History
Published online: Mar 1, 1986
Published in print: Mar 1986
Authors
Metrics & Citations
Metrics
Citations
Download citation
If you have the appropriate software installed, you can download article citation data to the citation manager of your choice. Simply select your manager software from the list below and click Download.