In this paper we report on the laboratory investigations of breaking water waves. Measurements of the water levels and instantaneous fluid velocities were conducted in water waves breaking on a sloping beach within a glass flume. Instantaneous water levels were measured using capacitive waves gauges, while the instantaneous velocity flow fields were measured using video techniques together with digital correlation techniques. The instantaneous velocity flow fields were further analyzed to yield turbulence intensities, turbulent kinetic energies and vorticity.
Reference:
Mukaro, R, Govender, K, Gledhill, I, et al. 2010. Velocity flow field and water level measurements in shoaling and breaking water waves. 7th South African Conference on Computational and Applied Mechanics (SACAM10), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 10-13 January 2010, pp 14
Mukaro, R., Govender, K., Gledhill, I. M., & Kokwe, N. (2010). Velocity flow field and water level measurements in shoaling and breaking water waves. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4976
Mukaro, R, K Govender, Irvy MA Gledhill, and NL Kokwe. "Velocity flow field and water level measurements in shoaling and breaking water waves." (2010): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4976
Mukaro R, Govender K, Gledhill IM, Kokwe N, Velocity flow field and water level measurements in shoaling and breaking water waves; 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4976 .
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