Velocity Field Characteristics at the Inlet to a Pipe Culvert

Tomasz Kolerski; Paweł Wielgat

doi:10.1515/heem-2015-0008

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Velocity Field Characteristics at the Inlet to a Pipe Culvert

Archives of Hydro-Engineering and Environmental Mechanics

Volume 61 (2014): Issue 3-4 (December 2014)

By: Tomasz Kolerski and Paweł Wielgat

Open Access

|Oct 2015

Abstract

A poorly designed culvert inlet structure causes scouring, which can lead to the collapse of the culvert and significant damage to the neighboring land. A set of laboratory tests was evaluated to examine velocity distribution at the culvert inlet. A three-dimensional acoustic Doppler velocimeter was used to measure instantaneous flow velocity upstream of the culvert. The analysis of mean velocities, turbulence strength, and Reynolds stresses was performed to understand the flow structure near the culvert entrance.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/heem-2015-0008 | Journal eISSN: 2300-8687 | Journal ISSN: 1231-3726

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Language: English

Page range: 127 - 140

Submitted on: Sep 22, 2014

Published on: Oct 7, 2015

Published by: Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Hydro-Engineering

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Keywords:

Culvert,

Acoustic Doppler Velocitymeter,

velocity field,

turbulence

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© 2015 Tomasz Kolerski, Paweł Wielgat, published by Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Hydro-Engineering
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Volume 61 (2014): Issue 3-4 (December 2014)