Surface velocity to depth-averaged velocity—a review of methods to estimate alpha and remaining challenges

H Biggs, G Smart, M Doyle, N Eickelberg, J Aberle… - Water, 2023 - mdpi.com
The accuracy of discharge measurements derived from surface velocities are highly
dependent on the accuracy of conversions from surface velocity us to depth-averaged …

The key role of surface tension in the transport and quantification of plastic pollution in rivers

D Valero, BS Belay, A Moreno-Rodenas, M Kramer… - Water research, 2022 - Elsevier
Current riverine plastic monitoring best practices mainly consider surface observations, thus
neglecting the underlying distribution of plastics in the water column. Bias on plastic budgets …

Direct numerical simulation of turbulent open channel flows at moderately high Reynolds numbers

J Yao, X Chen, F Hussain - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2022 - cambridge.org
Well-resolved direct numerical simulations of turbulent open channel flows (OCFs) are
performed for friction Reynolds numbers up to. In summary, the free surface in OCFs plays …

Friction factor decomposition for rough-wall flows: theoretical background and application to open-channel flows

VI Nikora, T Stoesser, SM Cameron… - Journal of Fluid …, 2019 - cambridge.org
A theoretically based relationship for the Darcy–Weisbach friction factor for rough-bed open-
channel flows is derived and discussed. The derivation procedure is based on the double …

Secondary currents and very-large-scale motions in open-channel flow over streamwise ridges

A Zampiron, S Cameron, V Nikora - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2020 - cambridge.org
It is widely acknowledged that streamwise ridges on the bed of open-channel flows generate
secondary currents (SCs). A recent discovery of meandering long streamwise counter …

Compound open-channel flows: effects of transverse currents on the flow structure

S Proust, VI Nikora - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2020 - cambridge.org
The structure of free-surface flows in a straight compound channel was investigated in a
laboratory flume, consisting of a central smooth-bed main channel (MC) and two adjacent …

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

G Wang, DH Richter - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2019 - cambridge.org
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 …

Effect of secondary currents on the flow and turbulence in partially filled pipes

Y Liu, T Stoesser, H Fang - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2022 - cambridge.org
Large-eddy simulations of turbulent flow in partially filled pipes are conducted to investigate
the effect of secondary currents on the friction factor, first-and second-order statistics and …

Scanning PIV of turbulent flows over and through rough porous beds using refractive index matching

G Rousseau, C Ancey - Experiments in Fluids, 2020 - Springer
This paper presents image velocimetry measurements on turbulent flows adjacent to a
permeable bed made of randomly packed glass particles. For measuring flow velocities …

Contributions of different scales of turbulent motions to the mean wall-shear stress in open channel flows at low-to-moderate Reynolds numbers

Y Duan, Q Zhong, G Wang, P Zhang… - Journal of Fluid …, 2021 - cambridge.org
Smooth-walled open channel flow datasets, covering both the direct numerical simulation
and experimental measurements with a friction Reynolds number wavelength ranges are …