Iehisa Nezu

Prediction of the contributions to the Reynolds stress from bursting events in open-channel flows

In this paper we intend to predict the magnitude of the contribution to the Reynolds stress of bursting events: ‘ejections’, ‘sweeps’, ‘inward interactions’ and ‘outward interactions’. We shall do this by making use of the conditional probability distribution of the Reynolds stress − uv , which can be derived by applying the cumulant-discard method to the Gram-Charlier probability distribution of the two variables u and v . The Reynolds-stress fluctuations in openchannel flows over smooth and rough beds are measured by dual-sensor hot-film anemometers, whose signals are conditionally sampled and sorted into the four quadrants of the u, v plane by using a high-speed digital data processing system. We shall verify that even the third-order conditional probability distribution of the Reynolds stress shows fairly good agreement with the experimental results and that the sequence of events in the bursting process, i.e. ejections, sweeps and interactions, is directly related to the turbulent energy budget in the form of turbulent diffusion. Also, we shall show that the roughness effect is marked in the area from the wall to the middle of the equilibrium region, and that sweeps appear to be more important than ejections as the roughness increases and as the distance from the wall decreases.

Space-time correlation structures of horizontal coherent vortices in compound open-channel flows by using particle-tracking velocimetry

In compound open-channel flows, it is very important to clarify an interaction mechanism between the mainchannel and flood-plains induced by coherent vortices, so-called the “intermittent upward secondary currents” and the “large-scale horizontal vortices”, as shown in Figure 1. In the present study, time-averaged structures of secondary currents were revealed experimentally by making use of a two-component fiber-optic Laser Doppler Anemometer (LDA). Next, a new quantitative visualization technique called the “Particle-Tracking Velocimetry (PTV)” was used to investigate evolutionary patterns of horizontal large-scale vortices, which are the ultimate interest in a shallow water flood-plain. By this technique, instantaneous velocity components in arbitrary horizontal plane were obtained at all grid points of laser-light-sheet (LLS) from continuous four images of one particle, and space-time correlation structures of coherent vortices between the main-channel and flood-plain were investigated by using a cond...