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Effects of water waves on the structure of turbulent shear flow

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 April 2006

K. Takeuchi ,
E. Leavitt  and
S. P. Chao
K. Takeuchi
Affiliation:
Department of Civil Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305
Present address: Lockheed-Georgia Company, Department 72-76, Marietta, Georgia 30063.
E. Leavitt
Affiliation:
AIDJEX, University of Washington, Seattle
S. P. Chao
Affiliation:
AIDJEX, University of Washington, Seattle
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Abstract

The structure of the turbulent shear flow over a propagating wave of fixed frequency is examined. The vertical and horizontal velocities were measured in a wind-wave facility at Stanford University. The structure of the wave-perturbed turbulence was found to depend significantly on the ratio of the local mean velocity to the wave speed. The results support the idea of ‘cat's-eye’ type flow about the mean critical height.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 80 , Issue 3 , 2 May 1977 , pp. 535 - 559
Copyright
© 1977 Cambridge University Press

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