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ADVANCES IN WATER RESOURCES
Volume 33, Issue 9, Pages 1094-1104Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2010.06.014
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Accelerating flow; Decelerating flow; Incipient motion; Shields parameter; Sand bed; Reynolds stress
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The effect of flow acceleration and deceleration on velocity, von Karman constant, Reynolds and normal stress distributions under incipient motion were experimentally investigated in this study using eight positive and negative bed slopes ( +/- 0.7%, +/- 0.9%, +/- 1.25% and +/- 1.5%) and three uniform sediments with median grain sizes d(50)=1.8, 1.3 and 0.8 mm. By using an Acoustic Doppler Velocimeter (ADV), the instantaneous velocities were measured at three cross sections 5, 7 and 9-m from the flume entrance giving a total of 72 measured profiles. The results showed that: (1) the shear and normal Reynolds stresses in decelerating flow are greater than those in accelerating flow; (2) the normal Reynolds stress is considerably higher than shear stress in all measured profiles; (3) the von Karman constant associated with non-uniform flows has an average of kappa = 0.26, which is lower than the classical value of 0.4; (4) the critical shear stress and Shields parameter for incipient motion in accelerating flow are considerably higher than that in decelerating flow; and (5) acceleration and deceleration along with slope variation are key factors governing incipient motion in non-uniform flows. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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