Integral methods for shallow free-surface flows with separation

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DOI10.1017/S0022112003003744zbMATH Open1063.76540arXivphysics/0008219OpenAlexW2038330296WikidataQ56493242 ScholiaQ56493242MaRDI QIDQ4656108FDOQ4656108


Authors: Shinya Watanabe, Vakhtang Putkaradze, T. Bohr Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 8 March 2005

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study laminar thin film flows with large distortions in the free surface using the method of averaging across the flow. Two concrete problems are studied: the circular hydraulic jump and the flow down an inclined plane. For the circular hydraulic jump our method is able to handle an internal eddy and separated flow. Assuming a variable radial velocity profile like in Karman-Pohlhausen's method, we obtain a system of two ordinary differential equations for stationary states that can smoothly go through the jump where previous studies encountered a singularity. Solutions of the system are in good agreement with experiments. For the flow down an inclined plane we take a similar approach and derive a simple model in which the velocity profile is not restricted to a parabolic or self-similar form. Two types of solutions with large surface distortions are found: solitary, kink-like propagating fronts, obtained when the flow rate is suddenly changed, and stationary jumps, obtained, e.g., behind a sluice gate. We then include time-dependence in the model to study stability of these waves. This allows us to distinguish between sub- and supercritical flows by calculating dispersion relations for wavelengths of the order of the width of the layer.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0008219




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