scholarly journals On the mechanism of turbulent structures in the straight open channel flow by using visualization technique of the particle tracer methods.

1988 ◽  
Vol 8 (30) ◽  
pp. 267-272
Author(s):  
Hisao Kagabayashi ◽  
Kyoji Kimura ◽  
Takurou Nakatuka ◽  
Kazuhisa Terui
Keyword(s):  
Channel Flow ◽  
Open Channel ◽  
Open Channel Flow ◽  
Visualization Technique ◽  
Turbulent Structures ◽  
Particle Tracer ◽  
Tracer Methods

Two mechanisms of modulation of very-large-scale motions by inertial particles in open channel flow

2019 ◽  
Vol 868 ◽  
pp. 538-559 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Wang ◽  
D. H. Richter
Keyword(s):  
Channel Flow ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Open Channel ◽  
Reynolds Shear Stress ◽  
Outer Region ◽  
Open Channel Flow ◽  
Inertial Particles ◽  
Turbulent Structures ◽  
Outer Flow ◽  
Particle Distributions

Very-large-scale motions (VLSMs) and large-scale motions (LSMs) coexist at moderate Reynolds numbers in a very long open channel flow. Direct numerical simulations two-way coupled with inertial particles are analysed using spectral information to investigate the modulation of VLSMs. In the wall-normal direction, particle distributions (mean/preferential concentration) exhibit two distinct behaviours in the inner flow and outer flow, corresponding to two highly anisotropic turbulent structures, LSMs and VLSMs. This results in particle inertia’s non-monotonic effects on the VLSMs: low inertia (based on the inner scale) and high inertia (based on the outer scale) both strengthen the VLSMs, whereas moderate and very high inertia have little influence. Through conditional tests, low- and high-inertia particles enhance VLSMs following two distinct routes. Low-inertia particles promote VLSMs indirectly through the enhancement of the regeneration cycle (the self-sustaining mechanism of LSMs) in the inner region, whereas high-inertia particles enhance the VLSM directly through contribution to the Reynolds shear stress at similar temporal scales in the outer region. This understanding also provides more general insight into inner–outer interaction in high-Reynolds-number, wall-bounded flows.

MODELING THE ORGANIC REMOVAL AND OXYGEN CONSUMPTION BY BIOFILMS IN AN OPEN-CHANNEL FLOW

1994 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 53-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shiyu Li ◽  
Guang Hao Chen
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Oxygen Consumption ◽  
River Water ◽  
Channel Flow ◽  
Diffusion Layer ◽  
Open Channel ◽  
Open Channel Flow ◽  
River Water Quality ◽  
Monod Kinetics ◽  
Organic Removal

A mathematical model is proposed to predict the removal of dissolved organic substances and the consumption of dissolved oxygen by attached biofilms in an open-channel flow. The model combines the biofilm equations with the conventional Streeter–Phelps type equations of river water quality by considering the mass transfer of organics and oxygen in the river water through the diffusion layer into the biofilm. It is assumed that the diffusion and reaction within the biofilm are of steady-state, and follow Monod kinetics. The model is solved numerically with a trial-and-error method. The simulation results of the model for an ideal case of river flow and biofilm show that the organic removal rate and oxygen consumption rate caused by the biofilm are greater than that by suspended biomass. The effects of diffusion layer thickness, flow velocity, and biofilm thickness on the change of river water quality are discussed.

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