Possible Spreadings of Buoyant Plumes and Local Coastline Sensitivities Using Flow Syntheses From 1992 to 2007

2011 ◽  
pp. 245-255 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ross Tulloch ◽  
Chris Hill ◽  
Oliver Jahn
Keyword(s):  
Buoyant Plumes

ESCAPING BUOYANT PLUMES IN THE WAKE OF A HEATED CYLINDER

Equipment ◽  
2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Ren ◽  
C. C. M. Rindt ◽  
Anton A. van Steenhoven
Keyword(s):  
Buoyant Plumes ◽  
Heated Cylinder

scholarly journals Interaction of buoyant plumes in open-channel flow

1992 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 451-473
Author(s):  
P. J. Wicks
Keyword(s):  
Diffusion Equation ◽  
Channel Flow ◽  
Open Channel ◽  
Nonlinear Term ◽  
Initial Conditions ◽  
Hermite Polynomials ◽  
Open Channel Flow ◽  
The Other ◽  
Buoyant Plumes ◽  
Rich Variety

AbstractIn this paper, a model for lateral dispersion in open-channel flow is studied involving a diffusion equation which has a nonlinear term describing the effect of buoyancy. The model is used to investigate the interaction of two buoyant pollutant plumes. An approximate analytic technique involving Hermite polynomials is applied to the resulting PDEs to reduce them to a system of ODEs for the centroids and widths of the two plumes. The ODEs are then solved numerically. A rich variety of behaviour occurs depending on the relative positions, widths and strengths of the initial discharges. It is found that for two plumes of equal strength and width discharged side-by-side, the plumes move apart and the rate of spreading is inhibited by their interaction, whereas when one plume is initially much wider than the other, both plumes tend to drift to the side of the narrower plume. Finally, the PDEs are solved numerically for two sets of initial conditions and a comparison is made with the ODE solutions. Agreement is found to be good.

scholarly journals Impact of a Localized Source of Subglacial Discharge on the Heat Flux and Submarine Melting of a Tidewater Glacier: A Laboratory Study

2016 ◽  
Vol 46 (10) ◽  
pp. 3155-3163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia Cenedese ◽  
V. Marco Gatto
Keyword(s):  
Free Surface ◽  
Laboratory Study ◽  
Heat Budget ◽  
Discharge Rate ◽  
Circulation Pattern ◽  
Freezing Temperature ◽  
Buoyant Plumes ◽  
Localized Source ◽  
Numerical Studies ◽  
Glacier Front

AbstractIdealized laboratory experiments have been conducted in a two-layer stratified fluid to investigate the leading-order dynamics that control submarine melting and meltwater export near a vertical ice–ocean interface as a function of subglacial discharge. In summer, the discharge of surface runoff at the base of a glacier (subglacial discharge) generates strong buoyant plumes that rise along the glacier front entraining ambient water along the way. The entrainment enhances the heat transport toward the glacier front and hence the submarine melt rate increases with the subglacial discharge rate. In the laboratory, the effect of subglacial discharge is simulated by introducing freshwater at freezing temperature from a point source at the base of an ice block representing the glacier. The circulation pattern observed both with and without subglacial discharge resembles those observed in previous observational and numerical studies. Buoyant plumes rise vertically until they find either their neutrally buoyant level or the free surface. Hence, the meltwater can deposit within the interior of the water column and not entirely at the free surface, as confirmed by field observations. The heat budget in the tank, calculated following a new framework, gives estimates of submarine melt rate that increase with the subglacial discharge and are in agreement with the directly measured submarine melting. This laboratory study provides the first direct measurements of submarine melt rates for different subglacial discharges, and the results are consistent with the predictions of previous theoretical and numerical studies.

Two-dimensional buoyant plumes in a uniform co-flow

2021 ◽  
Vol 932 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary R. Hunt ◽  
Jamie P. Webb
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Investigation ◽  
Analytical Solutions ◽  
Richardson Number ◽  
Relative Magnitude ◽  
Dynamical Behaviour ◽  
Finite Width ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Buoyant Plumes ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Flow Case

The behaviour of turbulent, buoyant, planar plumes is fundamentally coupled to the environment within which they develop. The effect of a background stratification directly influences a plumes buoyancy and has been the subject of numerous studies. Conversely, the effect of an ambient co-flow, which directly influences the vertical momentum of a plume, has not previously been the subject of theoretical investigation. The governing conservation equations for the case of a uniform co-flow are derived and the local dynamical behaviour of the plume is shown to be characterised by the scaled source Richardson number and the relative magnitude of the co-flow and plume source velocities. For forced, pure and lazy plume release conditions the co-flow acts to narrow the plume and reduce both the dilution and the asymptotic Richardson number relative to the classic zero co-flow case. Analytical solutions are developed for pure plumes from line sources, and for highly forced and highly lazy releases from sources of finite width in a weak co-flow. Contrary to releases in quiescent surroundings, our solutions show that all classes of release can exhibit plume contraction and the associated necking. For entraining plumes, a dynamical invariance spatially only occurs for pure and forced releases and we derive the co-flow strengths that lead to this invariance.

scholarly journals Dynamics of Three-Dimensional Turbulent Wall Plumes and Implications for Estimates of Submarine Glacier Melting

2018 ◽  
Vol 48 (9) ◽  
pp. 1941-1950 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ekaterina Ezhova ◽  
Claudia Cenedese ◽  
Luca Brandt
Keyword(s):  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Characteristic Parameters ◽  
Buoyant Plumes ◽  
Tidewater Glaciers ◽  
Glacier Melting ◽  
Order Of Magnitude ◽  
Layer Flow ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Turbulent Wall ◽  
Wall Plume

AbstractSubglacial discharges have been observed to generate buoyant plumes along the ice face of Greenland tidewater glaciers. These plumes have been traditionally modeled using classical plume theory, and their characteristic parameters (e.g., velocity) are employed in the widely used three-equation melt parameterization. However, the applicability of plume theory for three-dimensional turbulent wall plumes is questionable because of the complex near-wall plume dynamics. In this study, corrections to the classical plume theory are introduced to account for the presence of a wall. In particular, the drag and entrainment coefficients are quantified for a three-dimensional turbulent wall plume using data from direct numerical simulations. The drag coefficient is found to be an order of magnitude larger than that for a boundary layer flow over a flat plate at a similar Reynolds number. This result suggests a significant increase in the melting estimates by the current parameterization. However, the volume flux in a wall plume is found to be one-half that of a conical plume that has 2 times the buoyancy flux. This finding suggests that the total entrainment (per unit area) of ambient water is the same and that the plume scalar characteristics (i.e., temperature and salinity) can be predicted reasonably well using classical plume theory.

Position of cones within cone clusters determines seed survival in black spruce during wildfire

2019 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
T.B. Splawinski ◽  
D.F. Greene ◽  
S.T. Michaletz ◽  
S. Gauthier ◽  
D. Houle ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Black Spruce ◽  
Seed Viability ◽  
Heat Fluxes ◽  
Wake Flow ◽  
Windward Side ◽  
Fire Intensity ◽  
Burned Area ◽  
Individual Plant ◽  
Buoyant Plumes ◽  
Porous Bodies

It has recently become clear that the regeneration density of serotinous species within a burned area declines with local fire intensity. It is assumed that this occurs because variation in local fire intensity leads to variation in incident heat fluxes and, ultimately, seed necrosis. We argue here that this same relationship between incident heat flux and seed necrosis is important at the scale of individual plant crowns. Using Picea mariana (Mill.) B.S.P. (black spruce), we show that postfire seed viability increases with crown height, depth into the crown, and angle from wind direction (with the windward side enjoying greater viability). All three effects are what one would expect given the physics of buoyant plumes, interactions of moving fire lines with wake flow around cylinders, and heat transfer in porous bodies such as a tree crown. We conclude by discussing the broader consequences of cone cluster size and global change on regeneration in serotinous species.

Buoyant Plumes from Multiport Diffuser Discharge in Deep Coflowing Water

1996 ◽  
Vol 122 (8) ◽  
pp. 428-435 ◽  
Author(s):  
María M. Méndez-Díaz ◽  
Gerhard H. Jirka
Keyword(s):  
Buoyant Plumes
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