Investigation of Twin Vortices near the Interface in Turbulent Compound Open-Channel Flows Using DNS Data
Publication: Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
Volume 134, Issue 12
Abstract
The direct numerical simulation of turbulent flows in a compound open channel is described. Mean flows and turbulence structures are provided, and are compared with numerical and measured data available in the literature. The simulated results show that twin vortices are generated near the interface of the main channel and the floodplain and that their maximum magnitude is about 5% of the bulk streamwise velocity. Near the interface, the simulated wall shear stress reaches a maximum, contrary to experimental data. A quadrant analysis shows that both sweeps and ejections become the main contributor to the production of Reynolds shear stresses near the interface. Through the conditional quadrant analysis, it is demonstrated how the directional tendency of dominant coherent structures determines the production of Reynolds shear stress and the pattern of twin vortices near the interface. In addition, the time-dependent characteristics of three-dimensional vortical structures in a compound open-channel flow were investigated using direct numerical simulation (DNS) data.
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Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
Volume 134 • Issue 12 • December 2008
Pages: 1744 - 1756
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Received: Dec 11, 2006
Accepted: May 15, 2008
Published online: Dec 1, 2008
Published in print: Dec 2008
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