Print Email Facebook Twitter Turbulent Channel Flow under the action of surface wind-stress Title Turbulent Channel Flow under the action of surface wind-stress Author Qing, Y.X. Corporate name TU Delft Date 1987-02-01 Abstract This report deals with experimental research into the wind profile and turbulent current distribution measurements in a wind-water tunnel. Host attention was paid to the water velocity profile as influenced by the wind. It is confirmed that the velocity distribution of the current essentially follows the log law near the air-water interface as well as near the bottom of the channel. In the case of opposing wind action, the current profile is separated from the point of stress reversal into two regions, the upper and lower region, and it can be approximated by fitting two logarithmic curves. In the case of both opposing and following action, Reid's generalized formula for the current profile was used to analyse the experimental results and the estimated responses agree well with the data. In addition, the general character of m (ratio of bottom stress to surface stress) was also discussed graphically in Fig. 25. Subject wind profileturbulent flowchannel flowexperimentalReid's formulawind induced velocity profile Classification EHD00EHN1000 To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:a969aa64-d8a6-4a08-a494-71eb4149eb5d Publisher Delft University of Technology Source Report nr. 2-87 Part of collection Hydraulic Engineering Reports Document type report Rights (c) 1987 TU Delft Files PDF Qing1987.pdf 7.46 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:a969aa64-d8a6-4a08-a494-71eb4149eb5d/datastream/OBJ/view