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Wake Flows in Coastal Oceans: An Experimental Study of Topographic Effects

Date

Authors

O'Byrne, Melanie

Griffiths, Ross

Hughes, Graham

Publisher

University of Queensland

Abstract

We consider the effects of coastal topography on the wake of an idealised headland model in a laboratory flume. Under a range of Reynolds numbers relevant to coastal oceans, we find that coherent eddies interact strongly with the headland shear layer and

Keywords

Keywords: Coastal ocean; Coastal topography; Experimental studies; Shear layer; Topographic effects; Turbulence statistics; Wake flows; Banks (bodies of water); Fluid mechanics; Reynolds number; Shear flow; Wakes

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/20823

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Proceedings of the Sixteenth Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference

Type

Conference paper

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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