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Velocity field in a steady breaker

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2006

J. A. Battjes  and
T. Sakai
J. A. Battjes
Affiliation:
Department of Civil Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
T. Sakai
Affiliation:
Department of Civil Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands Department of Civil Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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Abstract

An experimental investigation is described of the velocity field in a steady, spillingtype breaker, generated on a steady current by a submerged hydrofoil. Velocities have been measured with a laser–doppler system, and analysed with respect to mean and r.m.s. values as well as Reynolds stresses. The results indicate that the turbulent flow field downstream of the initiation of the separation at the surface resembles that in a self-similar turbulent wake.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 111 , October 1981 , pp. 421 - 437
Copyright
© 1981 Cambridge University Press

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