In natural rivers,patches of vegetation generally expand over their steady wake region in the streamwise direction,forming elongated patches with length(L)greater than their width(b).This paper studies how the wake fl...In natural rivers,patches of vegetation generally expand over their steady wake region in the streamwise direction,forming elongated patches with length(L)greater than their width(b).This paper studies how the wake flows and the vortices develop as the emergent patches expand their length in the streamwise direction.The patches are modeled with the same width but different lengths in laboratory experiments.Behind the patches,the steady wake region(L_(w))is not related to the width-related flow blockage(C_(d)ab),where C_(d) is the drag coefficient,a is the vegetation density.Instead,L_(w) is related to the length-related flow blockage(C_(d)aL).On this basis,a model is proposed for predicting L_(w),which is in good agreement with the measurements.As a patch becomes denser and/or longer(as C_(d)aL increases),the steady wake region becomes shorter(L_(w) decreases),and vortices are observed closer to the patch trailing edge,producing a turbulence of a greater magnitude beyond L_(w).When the flow blockage increases to the limit(C_(d)aL>8),the Karman vortices are observed directly behind the porous patches.These results can be used to explain the longitudinal elongation of the vegetation patches in the field.展开更多
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文摘In natural rivers,patches of vegetation generally expand over their steady wake region in the streamwise direction,forming elongated patches with length(L)greater than their width(b).This paper studies how the wake flows and the vortices develop as the emergent patches expand their length in the streamwise direction.The patches are modeled with the same width but different lengths in laboratory experiments.Behind the patches,the steady wake region(L_(w))is not related to the width-related flow blockage(C_(d)ab),where C_(d) is the drag coefficient,a is the vegetation density.Instead,L_(w) is related to the length-related flow blockage(C_(d)aL).On this basis,a model is proposed for predicting L_(w),which is in good agreement with the measurements.As a patch becomes denser and/or longer(as C_(d)aL increases),the steady wake region becomes shorter(L_(w) decreases),and vortices are observed closer to the patch trailing edge,producing a turbulence of a greater magnitude beyond L_(w).When the flow blockage increases to the limit(C_(d)aL>8),the Karman vortices are observed directly behind the porous patches.These results can be used to explain the longitudinal elongation of the vegetation patches in the field.
