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Apr 1977
Hydraulic Modeling of Mixing in Stratified Lakes
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VIEW THE REPLYAuthors: Peter M. Moretti and Dennis K. McLaughlinAuthor Affiliations
Publication: Journal of the Hydraulics Division
Volume 103, Issue 4
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Criteria have been developed for laboratory modeling of stratified lake inflows and mechanical destratification flows. Density measurements and flow visualization were performed in two inflow lake models, which are identical in horizontal dimensions but differ by a factor of two in vertical dimensions. It was determined that the vertical dispersion process can be accurately modeled if the fundamental modeling parameter is the Richardson number. Similarly horizontal dispersion can be accurately modeled. Also, a vertically exaggerated model of Ham's lake was constructed and experiments were run of the mechanical destratification of the model. Surprisingly accurate modeling of the prototype destratification experiments was achieved using the overall Richardson number as the fundamental nondimensional parameter.
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Journal of the Hydraulics Division
Volume 103 • Issue 4 • April 1977
Pages: 367 - 380
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© 1977 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Feb 3, 2021
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Peter M. Moretti
Prof., School of Mech. and Aerospace Engrg., Oklahoma State Univ., Stillwater, Okla
Dennis K. McLaughlin
Assoc. Prof., School of Mech. and Aerospace Engrg., Oklahoma State Umv., Stlllwater, Okla
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