Hydraulics of Exchange Flows
Publication: Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
Volume 126, Issue 12
Abstract
Basic internal hydraulic theory has been extended to include frictional and nonhydrostatic effects for the case of flow over a sill in a channel connecting two reservoirs of slightly different density. The predictions of the extended theory compare well with laboratory experiments. The inclusion of frictional and nonhydrostatic effects was found to be necessary to accurately predict the flow rate, the along-channel variations in interfacial position, the composite and stability Froude numbers, and the internal energy. The accuracy of predictions of the extended theory is limited by uncertainty in estimates of the interfacial friction factor.
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Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
Volume 126 • Issue 12 • December 2000
Pages: 921 - 928
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Received: Sep 19, 1999
Published online: Dec 1, 2000
Published in print: Dec 2000
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