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Benchmarking an Unstructured-Grid Model for Tsunami Current Modeling
We present model results derived from a tsunami current benchmarking workshop held by the NTHMP (National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program) in...
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Hydrodynamics of Ideal Liquids
This chapter starts with kinematicHydrodynamics of ideal liquid concepts such as ‘motion’, ‘velocity’, ‘Eulerian and Lagrangean...
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Viscous Fluids
The equations of motion for viscous fluids are obtained from the mass and momentum equations by parametrization of the viscous stress tensor as an...
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Tsunami forcing by a low Froude number landslide
The waves generated by a submarine landslide, of great concern to coastal communities, exhibit strong dependence on the landslide motion along the...
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Photogrammetrie und Fernerkundung – eine Einführung
Dieses Kapitel stellt die Einführung in den Band Photogrammetrie und Fernerkundung des Handbuchs der Geodäsie dar. Nach einer allgemein gehaltenen,...
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Laboratory investigation of dam** of gravity-capillary waves on the surface of turbulized liquid
Investigation of dam** of gravity-capillary waves (GCWs) in the presence of turbulence is a classical hydrodynamic problem which has important...
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Moisture effects on eolian particle entrainment
In wind tunnel experiments, we study the effects of soil moisture on the threshold condition to entrain fine grain sand/silt into eolian flow and the...
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A test of the ADV-based Reynolds flux method for in situ estimation of sediment settling velocity in a muddy estuary
Under conditions common in muddy coastal and estuarine environments, acoustic Doppler velocimeters (ADVs) can serve to estimate sediment settling...
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Transfer Across the Air-Sea Interface
The efficiency of transfer of gases and particles across the air-sea interface is controlled by several physical, biological and chemical processes...
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Scaling Characteristics of Develo** Sea Breezes Simulated in a Water Tank
Sea-breeze circulations in a stably stratified environment have been simulated in a water tank. The floor of the tank was divided into two halves...
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Spatial evolution of coherent motions in finite-length vegetation patch flow
A number of experimental studies on submerged canopy flows have focused on fully-developed flow and turbulent characteristics. In many natural...
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Suspended-Load Transport
The mode of sediment transport where the sediment particles are surrounded by the fluid over an appreciably long period of time is known as...
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Inter-phase slip velocity and turbulence characteristics of micro particles in an obstructed two-phase flow
A computational investigation has been made to study the effects of particle size on inter-phase slip velocity and flow turbulence in a solid–liquid...
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The pressure-field characteristics around porous wind fences: results of a wind tunnel study
Using detailed measurements of the instantaneous velocity fields around fences with different heights and porosities, the pressure fields around the...
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Particle Imaging Velocimetry and Its Applications in Hydraulics: A State-of-the-Art Review
This chapter is an overview presentation of the Particle Imaging Velocimetry (PIV) technique, actually widely used in hydraulics. This technique has...
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Laboratory Modeling on Transformation of Large-Amplitude Internal Waves by Topographic Obstructions
In this chapter, the results of laboratory investigations of the generation and propagation of large-amplitude solitary internal waves in two-layer...
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Tsunami generation by submarine landslides: comparison of physical and numerical models
An idealised two-dimensional laboratory model of tsunamis generated by submarine landslides is described. The experimental configuration corresponds...
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Surface manifestations of internal waves investigated by a subsurface buoyant jet: 3. Surface manifestations of internal waves
In a large test reservoir at the Institute of Applied Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, a series of experiments were performed to investigate the...
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Application of Photogrammetric 3D-PTV Technique to Track Particles in Porous Media
To be able to assess the adequacy of existing theories of flow and transport in porous media, experimental methods must be able to obtain fully...
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Mass exchange in a shallow channel flow with a series of groynes: LES study and comparison with laboratory and field experiments
The exchange of dissolved matter between a straight open channel and a series of shallow embayments present at one of its sides is investigated using...