Preface |
|
v | |
|
List of symbols and abbreviations |
|
|
xxi | |
|
1 Introduction and the origin of turbulence |
|
|
1 | (14) |
|
|
1 | (2) |
|
1.2 Flow over a flat plate |
|
|
3 | (2) |
|
1.3 Flow in wave boundary layers |
|
|
5 | (1) |
|
1.4 Flow in wave boundary layers in solitary motion |
|
|
6 | (1) |
|
|
7 | (1) |
|
1.6 Oscillatory flow in pipes |
|
|
8 | (1) |
|
1.7 Flow around a circular cylinder in a steady current |
|
|
9 | (2) |
|
1.8 Flow induced by breaking waves |
|
|
11 | (1) |
|
|
12 | (3) |
|
Appendix to Chapter 1 Transition to turbulence over a flat plate |
|
|
15 | (38) |
|
1.A Description of transition process |
|
|
15 | (12) |
|
|
15 | (1) |
|
1.A.2 Emmons' (1951) observations |
|
|
15 | (2) |
|
1.A.3 Detailed description of a single turbulent spot |
|
|
17 | (6) |
|
1.A.4 Critical Reynolds number for transition |
|
|
23 | (3) |
|
1.A.5 Transition and turbulent spots over rough boundaries |
|
|
26 | (1) |
|
1.B Hydrodynamic stability theory for transition |
|
|
27 | (8) |
|
1.B.1 The Orr-Sommerfeld equation |
|
|
27 | (4) |
|
1.B.2 The eigenvalue problem |
|
|
31 | (3) |
|
1.B.3 Experimental verification of the hydrodynamic stability theory |
|
|
34 | (1) |
|
1.C Direct numerical simulation (DNS) of transition |
|
|
35 | (4) |
|
|
39 | (4) |
|
2 Basic equations for turbulent flows |
|
|
43 | (10) |
|
2.1 Method of averaging and Reynolds decomposition |
|
|
43 | (2) |
|
|
45 | (1) |
|
|
45 | (2) |
|
|
47 | (5) |
|
2.4.1 Energy equation for laminar flows |
|
|
47 | (1) |
|
2.4.2 Energy equation for the mean flow |
|
|
48 | (1) |
|
2.4.3 Energy equation for the fluctuating flow |
|
|
49 | (3) |
|
|
52 | (1) |
|
Appendix to Chapter 2 Derivation of the continuity and Navier-Stokes equations |
|
|
53 | (102) |
|
|
53 | (2) |
|
2.B Navier-Stokes equation |
|
|
55 | (8) |
|
|
63 | (2) |
|
3 Steady turbulent boundary layer flows |
|
|
65 | (90) |
|
|
65 | (27) |
|
3.1.1 Idealized flow in the half space y < 0 |
|
|
65 | (6) |
|
3.1.2 Mean and turbulence characteristics of flow close to a smooth wall |
|
|
71 | (8) |
|
3.1.3 Mean and turbulence characteristics of flow close to a rough wall |
|
|
79 | (13) |
|
3.2 Flow across the entire section |
|
|
92 | (4) |
|
3.3 Turbulence modelling approach |
|
|
96 | (11) |
|
3.3.1 Turbulence modelling of flow close to a wall |
|
|
97 | (9) |
|
3.3.2 Turbulence modelling of flow across the entire section |
|
|
106 | (1) |
|
|
107 | (2) |
|
3.4.1 Smooth circular pipe |
|
|
107 | (1) |
|
3.4.2 Rough circular pipe |
|
|
108 | (1) |
|
3.4.3 Transitional circular pipe |
|
|
109 | (1) |
|
3.4.4 Non-circular pipe and open channel |
|
|
109 | (1) |
|
|
109 | (17) |
|
3.5.1 Description of the bursting process |
|
|
112 | (2) |
|
3.5.2 Flow visualization of the bursting process |
|
|
114 | (4) |
|
3.5.3 Contribution of ejection and sweep events to the Reynolds stress |
|
|
118 | (2) |
|
3.5.4 Bursting process over rough walls |
|
|
120 | (3) |
|
3.5.5 Important characteristics of the bursting process |
|
|
123 | (3) |
|
3.6 Implications of bursting process for sediment transport |
|
|
126 | (24) |
|
3.6.1 Particle motions near the bottom in an open channel: Mechanism of particle suspension |
|
|
126 | (10) |
|
3.6.2 Lift forces on moving particles near boundaries |
|
|
136 | (4) |
|
3.6.3 Initiation of suspension of particles from the bottom |
|
|
140 | (6) |
|
3.6.4 Suspension of particles released away from the bottom |
|
|
146 | (4) |
|
|
150 | (5) |
|
Appendix to Chapter 3 Dimensional analysis |
|
|
155 | (68) |
|
3.A Buckingham's Pi theorem |
|
|
155 | (1) |
|
3.B Example: Law of the wall |
|
|
156 | (3) |
|
4 Statistical, correlation and spectral analysis |
|
|
159 | (64) |
|
|
160 | (11) |
|
4.1.1 Probability density function |
|
|
160 | (1) |
|
4.1.2 Statistical moments |
|
|
161 | (4) |
|
4.1.3 Matlab example: Basic statistics and creating a p.d.f |
|
|
165 | (6) |
|
|
171 | (13) |
|
|
171 | (5) |
|
|
176 | (2) |
|
4.2.3 Taylor's frozen turbulence approximation |
|
|
178 | (3) |
|
4.2.4 Matlab example: Time correlation and scales |
|
|
181 | (3) |
|
|
184 | (35) |
|
4.3.1 General considerations |
|
|
184 | (3) |
|
4.3.2 Energy balance in wave number space |
|
|
187 | (4) |
|
4.3.3 Kolmogorov's theory: Universal equilibrium range and inertial subrange |
|
|
191 | (4) |
|
|
195 | (5) |
|
4.3.5 One-dimensional spectra |
|
|
200 | (6) |
|
4.3.6 Aliasing in one-dimensional spectra |
|
|
206 | (3) |
|
4.3.7 Matlab example: The discrete Fourier transform |
|
|
209 | (5) |
|
4.3.8 Matlab example: Creating a one-dimensional energy density spectrum |
|
|
214 | (5) |
|
|
219 | (4) |
|
Appendix to Chapter 4 Proofs of some common isotropic turbulence relationships |
|
|
223 | (178) |
|
4.A Proof of the isotropic relationship between the correlation functions f(r) and g(r), Eq. 4.24 |
|
|
223 | (2) |
|
4.B Proof of Eqs. 4.30 and 4.31, relating λf and λgs to the variance of fluctuating velocity gradients |
|
|
225 | (1) |
|
4.C Proof of isotropic relation Eq. 4.66, the governing equation for the correlation function Qij(r) |
|
|
226 | (4) |
|
4.D Proof that the integral of T(k) over all wave numbers is zero, Eq. 4.77 |
|
|
230 | (1) |
|
4.E Proof of the isotropic relationship between the one-dimensional spectra F(k) and G(k), Eq. 4.118 |
|
|
230 | (1) |
|
4.F Proof of the isotropic relationship between E(k) and F(k), Eq. 4.119 |
|
|
231 | (1) |
|
4.G Proof of the isotropic dissipation rate e, Eq. 4.83 |
|
|
232 | (3) |
|
|
235 | (2) |
|
|
237 | (164) |
|
5.1 Laminar wave boundary layers |
|
|
239 | (6) |
|
5.1.1 Velocity distribution across the boundary layer depth |
|
|
239 | (5) |
|
|
244 | (1) |
|
5.2 Laminar-to-turbulent transition |
|
|
245 | (19) |
|
5.2.1 General description: Turbulent spots |
|
|
245 | (9) |
|
5.2.2 Critical Reynolds number for transition |
|
|
254 | (1) |
|
5.2.3 Imprint of turbulent spot in bed shear stress signal |
|
|
255 | (2) |
|
5.2.4 Laminar-to-turbulent transition in terms of friction coefficient |
|
|
257 | (2) |
|
5.2.5 Turbulent spots over a rough bed |
|
|
259 | (2) |
|
5.2.6 Transition in terms of flow resistance and phase |
|
|
261 | (3) |
|
5.3 Turbulent wave boundary layers: Smooth bed |
|
|
264 | (18) |
|
5.3.1 Oscillating tunnel in Jensen et al. (1989) study |
|
|
265 | (2) |
|
|
267 | (1) |
|
5.3.3 General description of turbulent wave boundary layer |
|
|
268 | (1) |
|
|
269 | (4) |
|
5.3.5 Turbulence quantities |
|
|
273 | (2) |
|
5.3.6 Effect of Reynolds number |
|
|
275 | (1) |
|
5.3.7 Wall-normal pressure gradient |
|
|
276 | (5) |
|
5.3.8 Boundary-layer thickness |
|
|
281 | (1) |
|
5.4 Turbulent wave boundary layers: Rough bed |
|
|
282 | (6) |
|
5.4.1 Experimental setup in Jensen et al. (1989) rough-bed experiments |
|
|
283 | (1) |
|
5.4.2 Comparison of rough-bed and smooth-bed results |
|
|
284 | (3) |
|
5.4.3 Boundary-layer thickness |
|
|
287 | (1) |
|
5.5 Flow resistance in wave boundary layers |
|
|
288 | (8) |
|
5.5.1 Wave friction coefficient for smooth-bed wave boundary layer |
|
|
289 | (1) |
|
5.5.2 Wave friction coefficient for rough-bed wave boundary layer |
|
|
290 | (5) |
|
5.5.3 Wave friction coefficient for transitional-bed wave boundary layer |
|
|
295 | (1) |
|
5.6 Combined wave and current boundary layers |
|
|
296 | (23) |
|
5.6.1 Experimental setup in Lodahl et al. (1998) study |
|
|
298 | (2) |
|
5.6.2 Laminar-to-turbulent transition in combined scillatory flow and current |
|
|
300 | (7) |
|
5.6.3 Mean wall shear stress |
|
|
307 | (5) |
|
5.6.4 Friction coefficient for combined flow |
|
|
312 | (2) |
|
5.6.5 Wave-induced apparent roughness |
|
|
314 | (1) |
|
5.6.6 Oscillating component of the wall shear stress in combined flow |
|
|
315 | (1) |
|
5.6.7 Flow resistance in combined wave and current boundary layers |
|
|
316 | (3) |
|
5.7 Boundary layers in wave flumes |
|
|
319 | (6) |
|
|
320 | (2) |
|
5.7.2 Combined waves and current |
|
|
322 | (3) |
|
5.8 Bursting process in wave boundary layers |
|
|
325 | (3) |
|
5.9 Miscellaneous wave boundary layer examples |
|
|
328 | (3) |
|
5.10 Solitary wave boundary layers |
|
|
331 | (25) |
|
5.10.1 Laminar solitary wave boundary layers |
|
|
331 | (3) |
|
5.10.2 Transitional and turbulent solitary wave boundary layers |
|
|
334 | (1) |
|
5.10.3 Experimental facility in Sumer et al. (2010) study |
|
|
335 | (1) |
|
5.10.4 Flow regimes in solitary wave boundary layers |
|
|
336 | (11) |
|
5.10.5 Flow resistance in solitary wave boundary layers |
|
|
347 | (4) |
|
5.10.6 Velocity profiles in solitary wave boundary layers |
|
|
351 | (3) |
|
5.10.7 Remarks on practical applications |
|
|
354 | (2) |
|
5.11 Tsunami wave boundary layers |
|
|
356 | (17) |
|
5.11.1 Idealized tsunami signals |
|
|
357 | (5) |
|
5.11.2 Signals based on tsunami observations |
|
|
362 | (5) |
|
5.11.3 Time variation of the boundary layer thickness and bed shear stress |
|
|
367 | (3) |
|
5.11.4 Comparison with tsunami field observations in the presence of energetic wind waves |
|
|
370 | (3) |
|
5.12 Mathematical modelling of turbulent wave boundary layers |
|
|
373 | (15) |
|
5.12.1 One-dimensional vertical (1DV) RANS equations |
|
|
373 | (2) |
|
5.12.2 Treatment of convective acceleration terms |
|
|
375 | (2) |
|
|
377 | (1) |
|
5.12.4 Two-equation k-ω turbulence closure |
|
|
378 | (1) |
|
5.12.5 Boundary conditions |
|
|
379 | (1) |
|
5.12.6 Numerical solution |
|
|
379 | (1) |
|
5.12.7 Standard Wilcox (2006) k-ω closure model results |
|
|
380 | (3) |
|
5.12.8 Low Reynolds number Wilcox (2006) k-ω closure model results |
|
|
383 | (5) |
|
|
388 | (13) |
|
Appendix to Chapter 5 Some essentials of linear potential flow wave theory |
|
|
401 | (72) |
|
|
401 | (2) |
|
5.B Surface elevation and velocity kinematics beneath a progressive regular wave |
|
|
403 | (1) |
|
5.C Linear dispersion relation |
|
|
404 | (1) |
|
|
404 | (2) |
|
|
406 | (1) |
|
|
406 | (1) |
|
5.G Shallow water approximations |
|
|
407 | (1) |
|
5.H Deep water approximations |
|
|
408 | (1) |
|
|
409 | (1) |
|
5.J Link to wave boundary layer quantities |
|
|
410 | (1) |
|
|
410 | (3) |
|
6 Streaming in wave boundary layers |
|
|
413 | (60) |
|
6.1 Streaming beneath sinusoidal progressive waves |
|
|
414 | (10) |
|
|
414 | (6) |
|
6.1.2 Turbulent streaming beneath progressive waves |
|
|
420 | (4) |
|
6.2 Streaming in converging-diverging oscillatory flow |
|
|
424 | (10) |
|
|
424 | (4) |
|
6.2.2 Turbulent streaming in oscillatory converging-diverging flow |
|
|
428 | (6) |
|
6.3 Streaming due to changing bottom roughness |
|
|
434 | (11) |
|
6.3.1 Anisotropic turbulence model of Fuhrman et al. (2011) |
|
|
435 | (3) |
|
6.3.2 Normally-directed oscillatory flow |
|
|
438 | (5) |
|
6.3.3 Obliquely-directed oscillatory flow |
|
|
443 | (2) |
|
6.4 Streaming beneath non-sinusoidal waves |
|
|
445 | (15) |
|
6.4.1 Streaming due to free-stream velocity skewness |
|
|
446 | (8) |
|
6.4.2 Streaming due to free-stream acceleration skewness |
|
|
454 | (6) |
|
6.5 Examples of streaming beneath real waves |
|
|
460 | (3) |
|
6.6 Importance of streaming and wave shape in coastal sediment transport |
|
|
463 | (2) |
|
|
465 | (8) |
|
Appendix to Chapter 6 The vorticity equation |
|
|
473 | (114) |
|
6 A Derivation of the vorticity equation |
|
|
473 | (4) |
|
6.B Vorticity generation due to anisotropic normal Reynolds stresses |
|
|
474 | (3) |
|
7 Flow and turbulence in breaking waves |
|
|
477 | (110) |
|
7.1 Wave breaking and breaker types |
|
|
479 | (2) |
|
7.2 Flow induced by spilling waves |
|
|
481 | (14) |
|
7.2.1 The surface roller model |
|
|
482 | (3) |
|
7.2.2 A simple model of undertow |
|
|
485 | (8) |
|
7.2.3 Comparison with measured undertow profile of Ting and Kirby (1994) |
|
|
493 | (2) |
|
7.3 Flow induced by plunging waves |
|
|
495 | (29) |
|
7.3.1 Experimental setup in Sumer et al. (2013) study |
|
|
498 | (2) |
|
7.3.2 Description of plunging breaking waves in Sumer et al. (2013) study |
|
|
500 | (8) |
|
7.3.3 Bed shear stress in Sumer et al. (2013) study |
|
|
508 | (10) |
|
7.3.4 Mechanism of sediment suspension by plunging waves |
|
|
518 | (6) |
|
7.4 Flow induced by surging waves |
|
|
524 | (6) |
|
7.4.1 Experiments of Jensen et al. (2014) |
|
|
524 | (2) |
|
7.4.2 Description of plunging and surging breaking waves in Jensen et al. (2014) study |
|
|
526 | (4) |
|
7.5 Flow induced by plunging solitary waves |
|
|
530 | (18) |
|
7.5.1 Experimental setup in Sumer et al. (2011) study |
|
|
532 | (2) |
|
7.5.2 Description of plunging solitary wave in Sumer et. al. (2011) study |
|
|
534 | (5) |
|
7.5.3 Bed shear stress in Sumer et al. (2011) study |
|
|
539 | (8) |
|
7.5.4 Sediment-bed experiments of Sumer et al. (2011) study |
|
|
547 | (1) |
|
7.6 Numerical simulation of breaking waves |
|
|
548 | (25) |
|
|
548 | (2) |
|
7.6.2 Stability analysis of two-equation closure models |
|
|
550 | (8) |
|
7.6.3 Model description for breaking wave simulations |
|
|
558 | (1) |
|
7.6.4 Simulation of spilling breaking waves of Ting and Kirby (1994) |
|
|
559 | (8) |
|
7.6.5 Simulation of plunging breaking waves of Ting and Kirby (1994) |
|
|
567 | (6) |
|
7.6.6 Summary and concluding remarks |
|
|
573 | (1) |
|
|
573 | (14) |
|
Appendix to Chapter 7 The depth-integrated momentum equation |
|
|
587 | (54) |
|
8 Diffusion and dispersion |
|
|
591 | (50) |
|
8.1 One-particle analysis |
|
|
592 | (10) |
|
8.1.1 Diffusion for small times |
|
|
595 | (1) |
|
8.1.2 Diffusion for large times |
|
|
596 | (6) |
|
8.2 Conservation of mass: Eulerian analysis |
|
|
602 | (2) |
|
8.3 Longitudinal dispersion |
|
|
604 | (5) |
|
8.3.1 Mechanism of longitudinal dispersion |
|
|
604 | (2) |
|
8.3.2 Application of one-particle analysis |
|
|
606 | (3) |
|
8.4 Longitudinal dispersion in an open channel |
|
|
609 | (14) |
|
|
610 | (2) |
|
8.4.2 Zeroth moment of concentration |
|
|
612 | (1) |
|
8.4.3 Mean particle velocity |
|
|
613 | (2) |
|
8.4.4 Longitudinal dispersion coefficient |
|
|
615 | (8) |
|
8.5 Longitudinal dispersion in rivers |
|
|
623 | (2) |
|
8.6 Longitudinal dispersion in an oscillating tunnel |
|
|
625 | (11) |
|
8.7 Dispersion in the surf zone |
|
|
636 | (1) |
|
|
637 | (4) |
|
Appendix to Chapter 8 Calculation of the settling velocity |
|
|
641 | (52) |
|
|
641 | (1) |
|
8.B Small Reynolds number: Stokes law |
|
|
642 | (1) |
|
8.C Larger Reynolds numbers |
|
|
642 | (1) |
|
|
643 | (2) |
|
9 Mathematical modelling of turbulence |
|
|
645 | (48) |
|
|
646 | (1) |
|
9.2 Types of turbulence models |
|
|
647 | (1) |
|
9.3 Mixing length model of Prandtl (1925) |
|
|
648 | (7) |
|
|
648 | (2) |
|
9.3.2 Prandtl's mixing length hypothesis |
|
|
650 | (1) |
|
9.3.3 Prandtl's second hypothesis |
|
|
650 | (1) |
|
9.3.4 The mixing length and solution for flow above a smooth wall |
|
|
651 | (3) |
|
9.3.5 The mixing length and solution for flow above transitional and rough walls |
|
|
654 | (1) |
|
9.3.6 Turbulence quantities |
|
|
655 | (1) |
|
9.4 The k-w model of Wilcox (2006) |
|
|
655 | (20) |
|
|
656 | (6) |
|
9.4.2 Wall boundary conditions |
|
|
662 | (6) |
|
9.4.3 Numerical computation |
|
|
668 | (2) |
|
9.4.4 An application example |
|
|
670 | (5) |
|
9.5 Large eddy simulation (LES) |
|
|
675 | (8) |
|
|
675 | (2) |
|
9.5.2 An application example |
|
|
677 | (6) |
|
9.6 Scaling of computational costs in the modelling of turbulent flows |
|
|
683 | (4) |
|
9.6.1 Direct numerical simulation (DNS) |
|
|
683 | (1) |
|
9.6.2 Large eddy simulation (LES) |
|
|
684 | (1) |
|
9.6.3 Turbulence energy equation models |
|
|
685 | (2) |
|
|
687 | (6) |
|
Appendix to Chapter 9 The exact k equation |
|
|
693 | (22) |
|
9.A Derivation of the exact k equation |
|
|
693 | (1) |
|
|
694 | (1) |
|
|
695 | (20) |
|
|
695 | (1) |
|
|
696 | (1) |
|
10.3 MatRANS fc-w turbulence model in Matlab |
|
|
696 | (2) |
|
10.4 Exercise 1: Analysis of a turbulent boundary layer in an open channel |
|
|
698 | (3) |
|
10.5 Exercise 2: A simple numerical model of dispersion in a turbulent boundary layer flow |
|
|
701 | (5) |
|
10.6 Exercise 3: Statistical, correlation, and spectral analysis of turbulent air jet flow |
|
|
706 | (2) |
|
10.7 Exercise 4: Turbulence modelling of oscillatory wave boundary layer flows |
|
|
708 | (6) |
|
|
714 | (1) |
Author index |
|
715 | (10) |
Subject index |
|
725 | |