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This study deals with the behavior of shallow turbulent wakes generated on smooth and rough surfaces. The wake generator used is a flat plate placed normal to the flow. Experiments were conducted at flow depths of 40 and 80 mm. The boundary layer thickness in the approaching flow occupies 60–75% of the flow depth. The Reynolds number based on the plate width and approaching freestream velocity varies from 13.0 × 103 to 14.5 × 103. Velocity measurements were carried out in the near-wake region (1–10 plate widths) using a laser-Doppler anemometer. The mean velocity distributions at various axial stations collapse onto a single curve by a proper choice of the length and velocity scales. It is important to note that a sense of self-similarity is attained even in the near-wake region. Attempts were made to clarify the relative effects of the transverse shear and bed friction in shallow open channel wakes.
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Received: 11 February 1999/Accepted: 30 August 2000
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Tachie, M., Balachandar, R. Shallow wakes generated on smooth and rough surfaces. Experiments in Fluids 30, 467–474 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003480000228
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s003480000228