Investigation of Velocity Distribution in Open Channel Flows Based on Conditional Average of Turbulent Structures

We report the development of a new analytical model similar to the Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations to determine the distribution of streamwise velocity by considering the bursting phenomenon. It is found that, in two-dimensional (2D) flows, the underlying mechanism of the wake law in 2D un...

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Main Authors: Yu Han, Shu-Qing Yang, Muttucumaru Sivakumar, Liu-Chao Qiu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2017-01-01
Series:Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/1458591