Feature of the vortex and the jet flows around and inside the three-row pile group

Abstract

In this article the results of experimental research of kinematics and the dynamics of horseshoe vortex structures, wake vortices and lateral jet flows, formed around and inside the pile group of three-row grillage, set on a flat rigid surface and sand soil, are presented. Visualization of flow is conducted using water soluble coatings and contrast substances, introduced into the stream. The fields of velocity, pressure and shear stresses around and inside the pile construction were investigated using the miniature sensors of the velocity, dynamic pressure and pressure fluctuations. The place of formation and features of development of large-scale horseshoe vortex structures and wake vortices, and the hydrodynamic characteristics of the vortex and jet flow were determined. The space-time correlation and spectral characteristics of the velocity and pressure fluctuations were measured. The scale of the coherent vortex structures, their frequencies of rotations and oscillations, convective velocities and direction of transfer were determined. The three-dimensional spectrograms and correlograms of vortex and the jet flow about and inside the three-row pile grillage were obtained.