The wake structure behind a porous obstruction and its implications for deposition near a finite patch of emergent vegetation
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Chen, Zhengbing
Ortiz, Alejandra Campbell
Zong, Lijun
Nepf, Heidi
Date Issued
September 2012
Journal
Water Resources Research
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American Geophysical Union (Wiley platform)
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Chen, Zhengbing et al. “The Wake Structure Behind a Porous Obstruction and Its Implications for Deposition Near a Finite Patch of Emergent Vegetation.” Water Resources Research 48.9 (2012). ©2012 John Wiley & Sons, Inc
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Abstract
This experimental study describes the mean and turbulent flow structure in the wake of a circular array of cylinders, which is a model for a patch of emergent vegetation. The patch diameter, D, and patch density, a (frontal area per volume), are varied. The flow structure is linked to a nondimensional flow blockage parameter, C[subscript D]aD, which is the ratio of the patch diameter and a drag length scale (C[subscript D]a)[superscript −1]. C[subscript D] is the cylinder drag coefficient. The velocity exiting the patch, U[subscript e], is reduced relative to the upstream velocity, U[subscript ∞], and U[subscript e]/U[subscript ∞] decreases as flow blockage (C[subscript D]aD) increases. A predictive model is developed for U[subscript e]/U[subscript ∞]. The wake behind the patch contains two peaks in turbulence intensity. The first peak occurs directly behind the patch and is related to turbulence production within the patch at the scale of individual cylinders. The second peak in turbulence intensity occurs at distance L[subscript w]downstream from the patch and is related to the wake-scale vortices of the von Karman vortex street. The presence of the flow U[subscript e] in the wake delays the formation of the von Karman vortex street until distance L[subscript 1] (
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2012wr012224
