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Flow Field in a Skimming Flow Over a Vertical Drop Without End-Sill

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 October 2012

Chang Lin ,
S.-C. Hsieh ,
W.-J. Lin ,
S.-H. Chou  and
R. V. Raikar
Chang Lin*
Affiliation:
Department of Civil Engineering, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan 40227, R.O.C.
S.-C. Hsieh
Affiliation:
Department of Civil Engineering, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan 40227, R.O.C.
W.-J. Lin
Affiliation:
Fourth River Management Office, WRE, MOEA, Changhua, Taiwan 52441, R.O.C.
S.-H. Chou
Affiliation:
Department of Civil Engineering, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan 40227, R.O.C.
R. V. Raikar
Affiliation:
Department of Civil Engineering, K. L. E. S. College of Engineering and Technology, Belgaum 590008, India
*
* Corresponding author ([email protected])
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Abstract

The flow structure in the shear layer and in the recirculation zone of a skimming flow downstream of a vertical drop without end-sill measured using high speed particle image velocimetry (HSPIV) and flow visualization method is presented. The interface between the sliding jet and the recirculation zone (zone below sliding jet) was enhanced through non-ventilation condition between the drop structure and the jet. The flow field measured through HSPIV was used to represent the characteristics of mean streamwise velocity in the shear layer and mean horizontal velocity in the recirculation zone. With the growth of shear layer as the jet slides down over the recirculation zone, the momentum exchange from the sliding jet into the recirculation zone via the shear layer increases along with energy loss. Hence, it was observed that the amount of energy dissipated in the skimming flow at the drop structure without ventilation is greater than that with ventilation by an average value of 50% for Yc / H ≥ 0.2 (where Yc = critical depth and H = drop height). However, the flow structure in the recirculation zone is found to be analogous to that of turbulent plane wall jet. The nonlinear regression analysis is used to fit the regressed velocity profiles to the measured HSPIV mean velocity distributions. Further, the appropriate characteristic velocity and length scales are selected to attain the unique similarity profiles both in the shear layer and in the recirculation zone of the skimming flow. The selection of the characteristic scales is also discussed. The similarity profiles are well comparable with those of napped flow without end-sill and with ventilation as well as of skimming flow with end-sill and without ventilation. It is interesting to observe that, the proposed similarity profiles for the shear layer also map the data of backward-facing step flow and cavity shear flow. In addition, the turbulence characteristics in the shear layer, including turbulence intensities, turbulent kinetic energy, viscous and Reynolds shear stresses, and turbulence energy-budget balance, are illustrated in detail. From the variation of turbulence production it is observed that near the drop structure the energy exchange is from the chaotic recirculation zone to the sliding-jet flow, while in the later part it is reversed. Furthermore, the analysis of turbulence energy-budget balance indicates very significant role of turbulence production, pressure diffusion and turbulence diffusion as compared with turbulence advection that has very minor role in turbulence energy-budget balance for the central part of the shear layer.

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Skimming flowShear layerTurbulent energy budgetHigh speed particle image velocimeterSimilarity profile
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Journal of Mechanics , Volume 28 , Issue 4 , December 2012 , pp. 607 - 626
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Copyright © The Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, R.O.C. 2012

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