Experimental Study of Turbulent Flow Induced by Regular and Irregular Waves Above a Rock-Armored Slope

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Konstantina A. Galani ◽  
Giannis D. Dimou ◽  
Athanassios A. Dimas
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Turbulent Flow ◽  
Velocity Profiles ◽  
Irregular Waves ◽  
Wave Crest ◽  
Regular Waves ◽  
Mean Velocity ◽  
Peak Period ◽  
Wave Trough ◽  
Wave Heights

The aim of the present work is the experimental study of the turbulent flow induced by waves above a physical model of a rock-armored slope of 1/3. The armor consisted of two layers of rocks with characteristic diameter D50 = 4.4cm. Measurements of the instantaneous velocity fields were conducted using an underwater planar PIV system. Four cases of incoming waves were tested, two cases of regular waves of 1st order Stokes theory with wave period of 1.134s and wave heights of 0.04m and 0.08m, respectively, and two cases of irregular waves, generated from a JONSWAP spectrum, with a peak period of 1.134s and significant wave heights of 0.04m and 0.08m, respectively. For the regular waves, the period-averaged velocity profiles show the existence of a strong undertow current heading towards deep water, while turbulence is not homogeneous with larger horizontal fluctuations. The phase-averaged horizontal velocity profiles present systematically larger values during wave trough passage than during wave crest passage. Furthermore, as the depth becomes smaller, the waveform loses its symmetry, with the wave trough becoming wider and the wave crest steeper. For the irregular waves, the mean velocity profiles show the existence of an undertow current weaker in magnitude than the one in the regular waves, while turbulence is still not homogeneous with larger horizontal fluctuations. For both wave cases, spanwise vorticity, which is generated at the rough surface of the rock-armored slope, is transported landward by the turbulent velocities.

scholarly journals Time Scale for Scour Beneath Pipelines Due to Long-Crested and Short-Crested Nonlinear Random Waves Plus Current

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 114
Author(s):  
Dag Myrhaug ◽  
Muk Chen Ong
Keyword(s):  
Time Scale ◽  
Current Flow ◽  
Irregular Waves ◽  
Wave Crest ◽  
Random Wave ◽  
Random Waves ◽  
Flow Conditions ◽  
Regular Waves ◽  
Nonlinear Random Waves ◽  
2D And 3D

This article derives the time scale of pipeline scour caused by 2D (long-crested) and 3D (short-crested) nonlinear irregular waves and current for wave-dominant flow. The motivation is to provide a simple engineering tool suitable to use when assessing the time scale of equilibrium pipeline scour for these flow conditions. The method assumes the random wave process to be stationary and narrow banded adopting a distribution of the wave crest height representing 2D and 3D nonlinear irregular waves and a time scale formula for regular waves plus current. The presented results cover a range of random waves plus current flow conditions for which the method is valid. Results for typical field conditions are also presented. A possible application of the outcome of this study is that, e.g., consulting engineers can use it as part of assessing the on-bottom stability of seabed pipelines.

Changes of the mean velocity profiles in the combined wave–current motion described in a GLM formulation

1998 ◽  
Vol 370 ◽  
pp. 271-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. GROENEWEG ◽  
G. KLOPMAN
Keyword(s):  
Velocity Profiles ◽  
Perturbation Series ◽  
Wave Crest ◽  
Mean Velocity ◽  
Initial Current ◽  
Eulerian Formulation ◽  
Waves And Currents ◽  
The Mean ◽  
The Waves ◽  
A Current

The generalized Lagrangian mean (GLM) formulation is used to describe the interaction of waves and currents. In contrast to the more conventional Eulerian formulation the GLM description enables splitting of the mean and oscillating motion over the whole depth in an unambiguous and unique way, also in the region between wave crest and trough. The present paper deals with non-breaking long-crested regular waves on a current using the GLM formulation coupled with a WKBJ-type perturbation-series approach. The waves propagate under an arbitrary angle with the current direction. The primary interest concerns nonlinear changes in the vertical distribution of the mean velocity due to the presence of the waves, but modifications of the orbital velocity profiles, due to the presence of a current, are considered as well. The special case of no initial current, where waves induce a so-called drift velocity or mass-transport velocity, is also studied.

An Experimental Study and Analysis of Turbulent Film Tilted Pad Bearings

1974 ◽  
Vol 96 (1) ◽  
pp. 168-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. A. Burton ◽  
H. J. Carper ◽  
Y. C. Hsu
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Turbulent Flow ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Velocity Profiles ◽  
Working Fluid ◽  
Pressure Distributions ◽  
Aspect Ratios

Velocity profiles and pressure distributions are reported for turbulent flow under tilted pads in a large scale bearing model (6-ft shaft size, with air as the working fluid). Results are extended analytically to other bearing sizes and aspect ratios.

Experimental Study of Uniform-Shear Flow Past a Rotating Cylinder

1995 ◽  
Vol 117 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyung Jin Sung ◽  
Chong Kuk Chun ◽  
Jae Min Hyun
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Shear Flow ◽  
Measurement Data ◽  
Rotating Cylinder ◽  
Velocity Profiles ◽  
Doppler Velocity ◽  
Velocity Measurements ◽  
Mean Velocity ◽  
Uniform Shear ◽  
Uniform Shear Flow

An experimental study is made of two-dimensional uniform-shear flow (U = Uc + Gy) past a rotating cylinder of diameter D. A water-tunnel, equipped with a shear generator, was constructed. Laser-Doppler velocity measurements were undertaken to describe the wake characteristics. Data are compiled over the ranges of 600≤Re≤1,200, the shear parameter K[≡GD/Uc] up to 0.15, and the value of the cylinder rotation parameter α[≡ωD/2Uc], – 2.0≤α≤2.0. The power spectra of velocity measurements at downstream locations were analyzed to examine the vortex shedding patterns. In general, the dominant shedding frequency is shifted to a higher value as |α| and K increase. When |α| increases beyond a certain threshold value, the dominant frequency becomes less distinct. If |α| takes a value larger than around 1.5, the velocity field becomes randomized and diffuse, and the organized Karman vortex street activity weakens. The variations of the Strouhal number with K and α are described. The evolution of mean velocity profiles in the wake field is depicted. Characterizations of the velocity profiles, as K and α vary, are made based on the measurement data.

Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulations of Regular and Irregular Waves Past a Horizontal Semi-Submerged Cylinder

2017 ◽  
Vol 140 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shengnan Liu ◽  
Muk Chen Ong ◽  
Charlotte Obhrai ◽  
Sopheak Seng
Keyword(s):  
Free Surface ◽  
Numerical Simulations ◽  
Wave Height ◽  
Stokes Equations ◽  
Wave Force ◽  
Numerical Results ◽  
Irregular Waves ◽  
Wave Forces ◽  
Regular Waves ◽  
Peak Period

Two-dimensional (2D) numerical simulations have been performed to investigate both regular and irregular waves past a fixed horizontally semisubmerged circular cylinder. The 2D simulations are carried out by solving Navier–Stokes equations discretized by finite volume method. Volume of fluid (VOF) method is employed to capture the free surface in the numerical wave tank (NWT). Validation studies have been performed by comparing the numerical results of free surface waves past the cylinder with the published experimental and numerical data. The present numerical results are in good agreement with both the experimental and the other numerical results in terms of hydrodynamic forces and free surface elevation. Subsequently, the effects of the wave height and the wavelength on wave–structure interaction are investigated by conducting numerical simulations on the regular and the irregular waves past a semisubmerged cylinder at different wave heights and the wavelengths. The averaged and maximum vertical wave forces on the cylinder increase with the increasing wave height. The numerical results for the irregular waves are compared with those induced by the regular waves in terms of the maximum and averaged vertical wave forces. When the significant wave height and the spectral peak period of the irregular waves are equal to the wave height and the wave period of the regular waves, the maximum vertical wave force induced by the irregular waves is larger than that induced by the regular waves, meanwhile, the average vertical wave forces have the contrary relationship.

scholarly journals MEASUREMENTS OF THE STEADY CURRENTS OUTSIDE THE SURF ZONE

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (32) ◽  
pp. 49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pietro Scandura ◽  
Erminia Capodicasa ◽  
Enrico Foti
Keyword(s):  
Surf Zone ◽  
Scale Effects ◽  
Velocity Profiles ◽  
Sea Waves ◽  
Mean Velocity ◽  
Large Wave ◽  
Wave Flume ◽  
Wave Trough ◽  
Steady Current ◽  
The Mean

The results of an experimental study concerning with the measurements of the steady current induced by sea waves approaching the coast are reported. The experiments have been performed in a large wave flume in order to minimize the scale effects. The measurements have been carried out at four different stations along the wave flume by using Acoustic Doppler Velocimeters. The results show that the mean velocity profiles are significantly influenced by the wave period. In particular, when the period reduces the mean velocity gradient close to the wave trough increases. The trend of the velocity profiles is different from that predicted by the theory and mostly reported by other experiments. However, experimental results are reported in literature which are in a qualitative agreement with the present ones.

Wave Effects on Vortex-Induced Motion (VIM) of a Large-Volume Semi-Submersible Platform

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodolfo T. Gonçalves ◽  
Guilherme F. Rosetti ◽  
André L. C. Fujarra ◽  
Kazuo Nishimoto ◽  
Allan C. Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Free Surface ◽  
Large Volume ◽  
Periodic Motion ◽  
Transverse Direction ◽  
Irregular Waves ◽  
Regular Waves ◽  
Sea State ◽  
Wave Effects ◽  
Induced Motion

Aiming to complete the results presented before by Gonçalves et al. (2011) – Experimental Study on Vortex-Induced Motions (VIM) of a Large-Volume Semi-Submersible Platform, OMAE2011, the present work brings new experimental results on VIM of a large-volume semi-submersible platform, particularly concerning its coexistence with waves in the free surface. The VIM tests were performed in the presence of three regular waves and also three different conditions of sea state. According to the results, considerable differences between the presence of regular or irregular waves were observed. The motion amplitudes in the transverse direction decreased harshly when the regular waves were performed and no VIM was observed. In the case of sea state condition tests, the amplitudes decreased slightly but a periodic motion characterized by the VIM was observed. The results herein presented concern transverse and yaw motion amplitudes, as well as spectral analyses.

Turbulent Flow Through a Ducted Elbow and Plugged Tee Geometry: An Experimental and Numerical Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 141 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew M. Bluestein ◽  
Ravon Venters ◽  
Douglas Bohl ◽  
Brian T. Helenbrook ◽  
Goodarz Ahmadi
Keyword(s):  
Turbulent Flow ◽  
Pressure Loss ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Velocity Profiles ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Mean Velocity ◽  
Flow Features ◽  
Reynolds Number Effects ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Rans Simulations

An experimental and computational comparison of the turbulent flow field for a sharp 90 deg elbow and plugged tee junction is presented. These are commonly used industrial geometries with the tee often retrofitted by plugging the straight exit to create an elbow. Mean and fluctuating velocities along the midplane were measured via two-dimensional (2D) particle image velocimetry (PIV), and the results were compared with the predictions of Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes (RANS) simulations for Reynolds numbers of 11,500 and 115,000. Major flow features of the elbow and plugged tee were compared using the mean velocity contours. Geometry effects and Reynolds number effects were studied by examining the mean and root-mean-square (RMS) fluctuating velocity profiles at six positions. Finally, the asymmetry of the flow as measured by the position of the centroid of the volumetric flux and pressure loss data were examined to quantify the streamwise evolution of the flow in the respective geometries. It was found that in both geometries there was a large recirculation zone in the downstream leg but the RANS simulations predicted an overly long recirculation which led to significantly different mean and fluctuating velocities in that region when compared to the experiments. Comparison of velocity profiles showed that both experiments and numerics agree in the fact that the turbulence intensities were greater at higher Re downstream of the vertical leg. Finally, it was shown that the plugged tee recovered its symmetry more rapidly and created less pressure loss than the elbow.

Shearing flow over a wavy boundary

1959 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 161-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Brooke Benjamin
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Turbulent Flow ◽  
Boundary Layers ◽  
Wave Train ◽  
Present Theory ◽  
Wave Crest ◽  
Mean Velocity ◽  
Dimensional Boundary ◽  
The Waves ◽  
As If

A theoretical study is made of shearing flows bounded by a simple-harmonic wavy surface, the main object being to calculate the normal and tangential stresses on the boundary. The type of flow considered is approximately parallel in the absence of the waves, being exemplified by two-dimensional boundary layers over a plane. Account is taken of viscosity; but, as the Reynolds number is assumed to be large, its effects are seen to be confined within narrow ‘friction layers’, one of which adjoins the wave and another surrounds the ‘critical point’ where the velocity of flow equals the wave velocity. The boundary conditions are made as general as possible by including the three cases where respectively the boundary is rigid, flexible yet still solid, or completely mobile as if it were the interface with a second fluid.The theory is developed on the model of stable laminar flow, although it is proposed that the same theory may usefully be applied also to examples of turbulent flow considered as ‘pseudo-laminar’ with velocity profiles corresponding to the mean-velocity distribution. Use is made of curvilinear co-ordinates which follow the contour of the wave-train. This admits a linearized form of the problem whose validity requires only that the wave amplitude be small in comparison with the wavelength, even when large velocity gradients exist close to the boundary. The analysis is made largely without restriction to particular forms of the velocity profile; but eventually consideration is given to the example of a linear profile and the example of a boundary-layer profile approximated by a quarter-period sinusoid. In § 7 some general methods are set out for the treatment of disturbed boundary-layer proses: these apply with greatest precision to thin boundary layers, but are also useful for the initially very steep but on the whole fairly diffuse profiles which occur in most practical instances of turbulent flow over waves.The phase relationships found between the stresses and the wave elevation are discussed for several examples, and their interest in connexion with problems of wave generation by wind is pointed out. It is shown that in most circumstances the stresses are distributed in much the same way as if the leeward slopes of the waves were sheltered. For instance, the pressure distribution often has a substantial component in phase with the wave slope, just as if a wake were formed behind each wave crest—although of course actual separation effects are outside the scope of the present theory. In this aspect, the analysis amplifies the work of Miles (1957).

Experimental Study of Scour Due to Breaking Waves in Front of Vertical-Wall Breakwaters

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Hasanzadeh Daloui ◽  
Mirmosadegh Jamali
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Empirical Equation ◽  
Vertical Wall ◽  
Breaking Waves ◽  
Scour Depth ◽  
Regular Waves ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Wave Flume ◽  
Wave Heights

Scour is an important cause of instability of breakwaters. In case of vertical-wall breakwaters, toe scour can cause collapse of the whole structure. This paper is concerned with an experimental study of the effects of regular breaking waves on scour at toe of vertical-wall breakwaters. Experiments were carried out in a wave flume with regular waves for two cases of a beach with and without a breakwater. Bed profiles and scour depths for various wave heights, periods and depths were recorded. For the case of a beach without a breakwater, the observed bed profile types are compared to predictions. For the case of a beach with a breakwater, factors affecting the scour are investigated, and an empirical equation for scour depth at toe of a vertical wall is proposed.

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