Experimental investigation of bubbly flow and turbulence in hydraulic jumps |
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Authors: | Frédéric Murzyn Hubert Chanson |
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Institution: | (1) ESTACA Campus Ouest, Parc Universitaire de Laval – Changé, RueGeorges Charpak, BP 53061, Laval Cedex 9, France;(2) Division of Civil Engineering, School of Engineering, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia |
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Abstract: | Many environmental problems are linked to multiphase flows encompassing ecological issues, chemical processes and mixing or
diffusion, with applications in different engineering fields. The transition from a supercritical flow to a subcritical motion
constitutes a hydraulic jump. This flow regime is characterised by strong interactions between turbulence, free surface and
air–water mixing. Although a hydraulic jump contributes to some dissipation of the flow kinetic energy, it is also associated
with increases of turbulent shear stresses and the development of turbulent eddies with implications in terms of scour, erosion
and sediment transport. Despite a number of experimental, theoretical and numerical studies, there is a lack of knowledge
concerning the physical mechanisms involved in the diffusion and air–water mixing processes within hydraulic jumps, as well
as on the interaction between the free-surface and turbulence. New experimental investigations were undertaken in hydraulic
jumps with Froude numbers up to Fr = 8.3. Two-phase flow measurements were performed with phase-detection conductivity probes.
Basic results related to the distributions of void fraction, bubble frequency and mean bubble chord length are presented.
New developments are discussed for the interfacial bubble velocities and their fluctuations, characterizing the turbulence
level and integral time scales of turbulence representing a “lifetime” of the longitudinal bubbly flow structures. The analyses
show good agreement with previous studies in terms of the vertical profiles of void fraction, bubble frequency and mean bubble
chord length. The dimensionless distributions of interfacial velocities compared favourably with wall-jet equations. Measurements
showed high turbulence levels. Turbulence time scales were found to be dependent on the distance downstream of the toe as
well as on the distance to the bottom showing the importance of the lower (channel bed) and upper (free surface) boundary
conditions on the turbulence structure. |
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Keywords: | Hydraulic jump Froude number Two-phase flow Void fraction Bubble frequency Mean bubble chord length Interfacial velocity Turbulence level Turbulence time scale |
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