Three-dimensional structures in a shallow flow

Cieslik, A.R. and Kamp, L.P.J. and Clercx, H.J.H. and Heijst van, G.J.F. (2010) Three-dimensional structures in a shallow flow. Journal of Hydro-Environment Research, 4 (2). pp. 89-101. ISSN 1570-6443

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Abstract:	Contrary to two-dimensional turbulence, decaying turbulence in a shallow fluid layer is characterized by the presence of long-lived meandering currents. This paper investigates the structure of vertical motion present inside the free-surface shallow-fluid layer and its relation with these currents. Downward motion is concentrated in thin elongated strain-dominated regions around instantaneous hyperbolic points and upward flow is observed in rotation-dominated patches around elliptic points. We show that the emergence of meandering currents results from inherent three-dimensionality of the flow due to the presence of the no-slip bottom. Our findings seriously question the assumption of quasi-two-dimensionality of shallow-fluid layer flows.
Item Type:	Article
Copyright:	© 2010 Elsevier
Faculty:	Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS)
Research Group:	Mathematics of Computational Science (MaCS)
Link to this item:	http://purl.utwente.nl/publications/75831
Official URL:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jher.2010.04.003
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