Roughness in the earth sciences

MW Smith - Earth-Science Reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
Rough surfaces are ubiquitous in nature. Near-surface processes both encounter and create
surface roughness. Recent advances in surveying have improved the resolution, extent and …

Reynolds number dependence of turbulence statistics in the wake of wind turbines

LP Chamorro, REA Arndt, F Sotiropoulos - Wind Energy, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT A wind tunnel experiment has been performed to quantify the Reynolds number
dependence of turbulence statistics in the wake of a model wind turbine. A wind turbine was …

Numerical simulation of sand waves in a turbulent open channel flow

A Khosronejad, F Sotiropoulos - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2014 - cambridge.org
We develop a coupled hydro-morphodynamic numerical model for carrying out large-eddy
simulation of stratified, turbulent flow over a mobile sand bed. The method is based on the …

Performance and resilience of hydrokinetic turbine arrays under large migrating fluvial bedforms

M Musa, C Hill, F Sotiropoulos, M Guala - Nature Energy, 2018 - nature.com
The deployment of in-stream flow-energy converters in rivers is an opportunity to expand the
renewable energy portfolio and limit carbon emissions. Device performance and lifetime …

Modeling riverbed elevation and bedload tracer transport resting times using fractional Laplace motion

Z Wu, A Singh - Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Riverbed elevations play a crucial role in sediment transport and flow resistance, making it
essential to understand and quantify their effects. This knowledge is vital for various fields …

Hydraulic resistance in open-channel flows over self-affine rough beds

MT Stewart, SM Cameron, VI Nikora… - Journal of Hydraulic …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Knowledge of hydraulic resistance of single-valued self-affine fractal surfaces remains very
limited. To advance this area, a set of experiments have been conducted in two separate …

Entrainment, motion, and deposition of coarse particles transported by water over a sloping mobile bed

J Heyman, P Bohorquez… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
In gravel bed rivers, bed load transport exhibits considerable variability in time and space.
Recently, stochastic bed load transport theories have been developed to address the …

Turbulence between two inline hemispherical obstacles under wave–current interactions

K Barman, K Debnath, BS Mazumder - Advances in Water Resources, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper reports an experimental investigation of open channel turbulent flow between
two inline surface mounted hemispherical obstacles in tandem arrangement. A series of …

Landscape reorganization under changing climatic forcing: Results from an experimental landscape

A Singh, L Reinhardt… - Water Resources …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding how landscapes respond to climate dynamics in terms of macroscale
(average topographic features) and microscale (landform reorganization) is of interest both …

Multiscale statistical characterization of migrating bed forms in gravel and sand bed rivers

A Singh, S Lanzoni, PR Wilcock… - Water Resources …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Migrating bed forms strongly influence hydraulics, transport, and habitat in river
environments. Their dynamics are exceedingly complex, making it difficult to predict their …