Invited lecture: Large scale flow structures and mixing processes in shallow flows
Abstract
Shallow turbulent flows occurring in wide rivers, estuaries, lakes or coastal regions, as well as the atmosphere, are readily susceptible to transverse disturbances that lead to two-dimensional coherent structures The shallow jet, the shallow wake and the shallow mixing layers are examples of such flow patterns Three types of generation mechanisms are proposed for these flows The large-scale coherent structures greatly influence the mixing and transport of pollutants that are released mto such flows They ma\ also play a crucial role in transverse momentum exchange that controls friction in wide channel flows
Fields of Study & Subjects
Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows
Hydraulic flow and structures
Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
Publication details
- Journal / source
- CRC Press eBooks
- Pages
- 287–296
- Publication date
- 12 February 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter