Abstract

AbstractThis study focuses on the double-averaged (DA) turbulence characteristics and the local flow characterization in the flow zones over and within the flow-gravel-bed interface. The cumulative running averaged (CRA) value of a turbulence quantity for a given interval (in this study, half of the gravel size) of flow measurement is the prerequisite to determine a complete DA value of that quantity. The CRA turbulence quantities within the interfacial sublayer require a longer distance to become spatially independent. A method is proposed to fit the log law for the DA velocity over the bed and a polynomial law within the interfacial sublayer. The form-induced shear stress is 40% of the DA Reynolds shear stress occurring at the virtual bed level. The spatial velocity fluctuations diminish more rapidly than the temporal velocity fluctuations below the virtual bed level. In the inertial subrange of turbulent kinetic energy (TKE), the eddy size decreases significantly near the virtual bed level, and in the ...

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