Laboratory Observations of Turbulence Over 3d Dunes
- What's This About?
- A series of detailed experiments were conducted in open-channel flow over a series of three-dimensional dune shapes in the tilting-recirculating flume at the Ocean Engineering Lab, UCSB. Here you can access information about the experiments, including T.B. Maddux's PhD dissertation, additional animations, publications from the experiments, and contact the investigators.
- Turbulent Open Channel Flow Over Fixed Three-Dimensional Dune Shapes
- A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering, by Timothy B. Maddux. (PDF)
- Additional Media
- Additional animations of the flow field over the 3d dunes.
- Publications
- Maddux, T.B., J.M. Nelson, and S.R. McLean, Turbulent flow over 3d dunes. I: Free surface and flow response, J. Geophys. Res., 108 (F1), 10.1029/2003JF000017, 11 December 2003. Copyright© 2003 American Geophysical Union. Further reproduction or electronic distribution is not permitted. (HTML) (PDF)
- Maddux, T.B., S.R. McLean, and J.M. Nelson, Turbulent flow over 3d dunes. II: Fluid and bed stresses, J. Geophys. Res., 108 (F1), 10.1029/2003JF000018, 11 December 2003. Copyright© 2003 American Geophysical Union. Further reproduction or electronic distribution is not permitted. (HTML) (PDF)
- Contact
- Contact the investigators of this project. Dr. T. B. Maddux, Faculty Research Associate, Oregon State University (PhD, Mechanical Engineering, UCSB, 6/2002) (email) (web) Prof. S. R. McLean, UCSB Mechanical Engineering Dept., UCSB (email) (web) Dr. J. M. Nelson, USGS (email) (web) This project was funded by the National Science Foundation, grants CTS-0120135, CTS-9634261, and CTS09217804.
Last updated 12/14/2003