Local Scour: Influence of an exponential eddy viscosity distribution on the longitudial flow velocity

The general purpose of this research project is to model mathematically the local scour downstream of a structure (2-D). The model has to simulate the development of the scour as a function of the time. Basically two models are necessary namely a flow model and a morphological model. The latter model has to describe the bed and suspended load...

Characteristics of Turbulence Structure and Undertow in the Surf Zone

The characteristic motion of water under breaking waves and the turbulence structure in the surf zone were investigated through detailed two-dimensional velocity measurements in a wave flume. Significant difference was found between the breaking processes in the outer and inner regions of the surf zone. The velocity field in each region consists...

Turbulent mixing layers in shallow water

This investigation on shallow mixing layers has two main objectives: - To gain insight in the influence of the depth on the evolution of large, horizontal eddies in a lateral mixing layer in a shallow free-surface flow. - To gain insight in the contribution of these eddies to the entrainment into the layer and to the mixing and to the transport...