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Dynamics of establishment of selective withdrawal of a stratified fluid from a line sink. Part 2. Experiment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2006

Timothy W. Kao ,
Hsien-Ping Pao  and
Shuang N. Wei
Timothy W. Kao
Affiliation:
The Department of Aerospace and Atmospheric Sciences, The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. 20017
Hsien-Ping Pao
Affiliation:
The Department of Aerospace and Atmospheric Sciences, The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. 20017
Shuang N. Wei
Affiliation:
The Department of Aerospace and Atmospheric Sciences, The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. 20017
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Abstract

Experiments were conducted to examine the development and establishment of the withdrawal current in the selective withdrawal of a stratified fluid from a line sink. The experiments were performed in a Plexiglas channel 30·5 ft long 14 in. wide, and filled with a linearly stratified salt solution to a depth of 18 in. The line sink was located at mid-depth. The flow was symmetric about the middepth. Velocity measurements and flow visualization were obtained by neutrally buoyant liquid droplets and vertical dye lines. Density measurements were made by a salinity probe. The development of the upstream velocity field was found by measurement to be brought about by the successive arrival of ‘columnar disturbance modes’, discussed in part 1. Agreement with the theoretical predictions is excellent. A similarity profile of the steady-state horizontal velocity is obtained, and the Froude number based on the thickness of the flowing zone is found to approach a constant value in the essentially inviscid region. The results are compared with field data from the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) reservoirs.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 65 , Issue 4 , 2 October 1974 , pp. 689 - 710
Copyright
© 1974 Cambridge University Press

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