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REYNOLDS STRESS MODELING OF OPEN-CHANNEL FLOWS OVER BEDFORMS

  • Choi, Sung-Uk;Kang, Hyeong-sik
    • Water Engineering Research
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    • v.3 no.4
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    • pp.247-258
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    • 2002
  • This paper presents a non-isotropic turbulence modeling of flows over bedforms. The Reynolds stress model is used for the turbulence closure. In the model, Launder, Reece, and Rodi's model and Hanjalic and Launder's model are employed f3r the pressure strain correlation term and the diffusion term, respectively. The mean flow and turbulence structures are simulated and compared with profiles measured in the experiments. The numerical solutions from two-equation turbulence models are also provided for comparisons. The Reynolds stress model yields the separation length of eddy similar to the other numerical results. Using the developed model, the resistance coefficients are also estimated for the flows at different Froude numbers. Karim's (1999) relationship is used to determine the bedform geometry. It is found that the values of the form drag and the skin friction are very similar to those obtained by the other turbulence models. meaning higher values of the form drag and lower values of the skin friction compared with the empirical formulas.

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Complexities of interpreting aeolian linear dune depositional history using luminescence chronology: a case study from the Kalahari

  • Munyikwa, Kennedy
    • Proceedings of the KGS Conference
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    • 2003.05a
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    • pp.39-45
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    • 2003
  • Linear dunes are the most ubiquitous of all desert dune types ( Lancaster, 1982: Pye and Tsoar, 1990; Bristow et al., 2000) and occur as aeolian bedforms that cover no less than 40 % of the world's desert sand dune areas (Bullard et al., 1995). Despite their omnipresence, however, their origin and long-term development remain inadequately understood (Tseo, 1993; Bullard et al., 1995; Bristow et al., 2000, Wang et al., 2002). (omitted)

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Sedimentary Environment and Sequence Study using High Resolution Seismic Survey in Gyunggi Bay, the Yellow Sea (서해 경기만에서의 고해상도 탄성파 탐사를 이용한 퇴적환경 및 퇴적층서 연구)

  • Lee, Gwang-Soo;Kim, Dae-Choul;Seo, Young-Kyo;Yi, Hi-Il;Yoo, Shin
    • Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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    • v.42 no.6
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    • pp.683-694
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    • 2009
  • High-resolution (Chirp and Sparker system) seismic profiles were analyzed to investigate the sedimentary sequence and distribution pattern of the late Holocene deposits in Gyunggi Bay, the Yellow Sea. The bay is located in the western part of Korea, east of the Yellow Sea. The sedimentary sequence divided into three units bounded by erosional bounding surface: (1) acoustically parallel to subparallel reflectors with cross bedding structures (Unit 1); (2) confused inner reflectors and top of unit exposed partially at the seafloor (Unit 2); and (3) approximately parallel reflections and regressive to transgressive incision-fills (Unit 3). On the basis of seafloor morphology, surface bedforms, and subbotom acoustic characters, echo types in the study area were identified following the schemes of Chough et al. (2002); (1) flat seafloor with sharp bottom echoes (echo types 1-1, 1-2 and 1-3; transgressive sediment sheets or relict sands), (2) mounded seafloor with either smooth surface or superposed bedforms (echo types 2-1 and 2-2; tidal ridges), and (3) various-scale eroded seafloor (echo types 3-1 and 3-2; channels). Suspect features of acoustic turbid zones which is related to gas charged sediment are reported.

Influences of An Extreme Flood on Habitual Environment of Aquatic Ecosystem of Urban Stream (거대홍수가 도시하천의 수생생태계 서식환경에 미치는 영향)

  • Son, Myoung-Won
    • Journal of the Korean association of regional geographers
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    • v.14 no.2
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    • pp.105-113
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    • 2008
  • The purpose of this paper is to analyze the influences of extreme flood on urban stream's habitat environment at Shincheon stream in Daegu. In case of Shincheon stream, as any extreme floods have not flowed over the artificial bank, an extreme flood have an effects on inner part of confined channel. To make riparian park along Shincheon channel, Concrete and rubber weirs are constructed. These weirs interrupted flow of running water as obstacles during extreme flood, and running water moved aside into and destructed banks of lower-flow-channel. In reach of no weir, as all small-scale topographic bedforms were eliminated, habitat environment of river ecosystem was simplified, and biodiversity of river ecosystem was decreased. As simplified riverbed become irregular bedforms through frequent small-scale-floods, river ecosystem will become vigorous.

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Bedform Distribution and Sand Transport Trend on a Subtidal Sand Ridge in a Macrotidal Bay, West Coast of Korea

  • Park, Soo-Chul;Yoo, Dong-geun
    • Journal of the korean society of oceanography
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    • v.32 no.4
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    • pp.181-190
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    • 1997
  • A large subtidal sand ridge (Jungang Satoe) in Asan Bay, on the west coast of Korea, was studied in order to understand the morphology and sediment transport trend in a macrotidal setting, by means of analyzing sediment samples, current data, side-scan sonographs and seismic profiles. The ridge is about 15 km long and 2-5 km wide, with a relief of about 15 m. It is elongated in the flow direction of flood (SE) and ebb (NW) tidal currents, but asymmetrical in cross section. The western and southwestern side of the ridge is characterized by relatively gentle slopes averaging 0.4$^{\circ}$, whereas on the northeastern side, relatively steep slopes were mapped with 1.6$^{\circ}$ slope angles. Tidal currents associated with the ridge are very strong; maximum surface velo-cities range from neap values of 50 cm/s to spring values of 130 cm/s. The shear velocities during flood and ebb are strong enough to erode and transport sands on the ridge. Sand waves and megaripples (dunes) are the most common bedforms produced by the tidal currents, which show regional differences in shape and size on the ridge. The distribution pattern of these bedforms in-dicates that the flood tidal currents are dominant on the offshore (northwest) side of the ridge, whereas the onsho.e (southeast) side of the ridge is ebb-dominated. The sand transport path as inferred from bedform orientations is directed toward the ridge crest on the flanks, whereas on the crest, it is near-longitudinal to the ridge axis. The convergent, upslope movement of sands on the ridge flanks appears to be important in sand ridge building and maintenance. A significant ridge migration toward the northeast can be suspected on the basis of the ridge morphology, which may cause offshore hazards for navigation.

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Eruptive mechanisms and processes at Udo tuff cone, Udo Island, Korea (우도응회과의 분출기기구와 분출과정)

  • Hwang, Sang-Koo
    • The Journal of the Petrological Society of Korea
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    • v.1 no.2
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    • pp.91-103
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    • 1992
  • Eruptive mechanisms and processes at Udo tuff cone can be inferred from indicative characters of products, bedforms and lithofacies, and ring faults. In terms of bedforms and lithofa-cies in particular, massive lapilli tuff beds and chaotic lapilli tuff beds are derived from subaerial falls of aggregated tephra of wet tephra finger jets, occurring dominantly at the lower sequences of proximal part at the tuff cone. Crudely stratified lapilli tuff are derived from subaerial falls of slightly aggregated tephra of less wet tephra finger jets, whereas reversely graded lapilli tuff beds are from slightly disaggregated subaerial falls of continuous uprush. Both beds frequently occur in the middle sequences at proximal and near medial part of the tuff cone. Block and lapilli tephra lenses, ash-coated lapilli tephra beds(lenses) and thin-bedded tuff beds are derived from extremely disaggregated subaerial falls of dry tephra in the continuous uprush, frequently occurring at the upper sequences of medial part at the tuff cone. Udo tuff cone is a basaltic volcano emergent through the sea water surface while water could flood across or into the vent area. Emergence of the tuff cone was from the type-Surtseyan eruption characterized by earlier tephra finger jets and later continuous uprush columns of tephra with copious volumes of steam. Explosions began when boiling of wter produced a bubble column reducing the hydrostatic pres-sure, allowing exsolution of gases from the magma. This expansion of magma into a vesiculating froth fragmented the magma and permitted mixing of magma and water so that a more vigorous generation of steam could proceed. Tephra finger jetting explosions continued to build the crater rims, then remove water from the vent that their deposits flowed like slsurries until the continuous uprush explosion ensued. Continuous uprush explosions were associated with most rapid accumula-tion of tephra. The increasing volume rate led to partial removal of water from the vent area by the newly tephra ring so that more vigorous activity could be attended by a reducing water supply. This might restrain surplus of cold water entering the vent and thus enhance the vigour of the eruption by allowing optimal heat exchange. Eventually the crater became so deep and unsuported that piecemeal sliding, or massive subsidence on indipping ring faults, filled and closed the vent, and the cycle of explosions and collapse began anew.

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Numerical Investigations of Initiation mechanism of Longitudinal Bedforms in Open-Channel Flows (직사각형 개수로 흐름에서 횡방향 하상형상의 생성 메커니즘 분석)

  • Kang, Hyeong-Sik;Choi, Sung-Uk
    • Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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    • 2008.05a
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    • pp.655-659
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    • 2008
  • 본 연구에서는 3차원 수치모의를 통하여 횡방향 하상형상 및 격자형 이차흐름 구조의 생성 메커니즘을 분석하였다. 이를 위해 곡선좌표계에서의 지배방정식을 구성하고, 난류 폐합을 위해 Speziale(1987)가 제안한 비등방성 k-$\varepsilon$모형을 이용하였다. 또한 Exner 방정식을 이용하여 시간에 따른 하상변동을 예측하였다. 그 결과 바닥과 측벽 사이에서 발생되는 바닥 이차흐름의 하향류에 의해 측벽 부근부터 하상이 침식되고, 침식된 유사량은 이차흐름의 횡방향 유속에 의해 이동되어 퇴적되어, 결국 횡방향으로 연속적인 언덕 및 저면과 같인 하상형상이 생성되는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 시간에 따른 이차흐름 및 바닥 전단력, 하상고의 변화에 대해 살펴보았다.

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Numerical Simulations of Suspended Sediment Concentration of Wide Open-Channel Flow with Longitudinal Bedforms (연속적인 횡방향 바닥형상을 갖는 폭이 넓은 개수로 흐름의 부유사 농도분포 수치모의)

  • Choi, Sung-Uk;Park, Moon-Hyeong;Kang, Hyeong-Sik
    • Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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    • 2007.05a
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    • pp.1368-1372
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    • 2007
  • 바닥이 언덕과 저면으로 이루어진 연속적인 횡방향 바닥형상을 갖는 개수로 흐름의 부유사 농도분포를 수치모의 하였다. 비선형 ${\kappa}-{\varepsilon}$ 모형을 이용하여 흐름의 지배방정식인 곡선 직교좌표계에 대한 Navier-Stokes 방정식을 해석하였으며, 와점성계수 개념을 이용하여 부유사 수송 방정식을 해석하였다. 기존의 실험결과와 비교하여 모형이 격자형 이차흐름을 비교적 잘 예측하는 것을 확인하였으며, 동일한 흐름에 대하여 부유사 농도 분포를 계산하였다. 부유사량의 계산 결과 언덕 위의 부유사 농도분포가 저면 위의 농도분포보다 크게 나타났다.

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A Preliminary Study of Flume Experiments on the Flow Velocity for Initial Formation of Bedforms on Bimodal Sand-sized Sediments (이정 사질 퇴적물의 층면구조 형성 속도에 대한 수조 실험 예비 연구)

  • Kim, Hyun Woo;Choi, Su Ji;Choi, Ji Soo;Kwon, Yoo Jin;Lee, Sang Cheol;Kwak, Chang Hwan;Kwon, Yi Kyun
    • Journal of the Korean earth science society
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    • v.37 no.4
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    • pp.218-229
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    • 2016
  • The bedform stability diagram indicates the shape and size of bedforms that will occur to a given grain size and flow velocity. The diagram has been constructed from experimental data which have been mostly acquired by flume experiments. Generally, the flume experiments have been performed on well sorted sediments with unimodal grain size distribution, in order to understand relationship between grain size and flow velocity. According to the diagram, a ripple structure initiates to be formed from lower flow regime flat bed, as the flow velocity increases on the surface of fine-sand or medium-sand sediments. This study aims to verify that the experimental result of bedform stability diagram will be reproduced in our flume experimental systems, and also to confirm that the result is consistent not only on well-sorted sand sediments but also on poorly-sorted sand sediments with bimodal grain size distribution. The experimental results in this study show that initiation of 2D or 3D ripple structure on poorly-sorted sand sediments requires higher flow velocity and shear stress than those for initiation of the structure on well-sorted sand sediments. In general, carbonate sediments are characterized by poor sorting due to inactive hydraulic sorting and bimodal grain size distribution with allochems and matrices. The results suggest that the carbonate depositional system possibly need a higher flow velocity for initial formation of 2D or 3D bedform structures. The reason might be the fact that pulling off and lifting of a grain in poorly sorted sediments require more energy due to sorting, friction, stabilization, armour effects, and their complex interaction. This preliminary study warrants additional experiments under various conditions and more accurate analysis on the relationship between formation of bedforms and grain size distribution.

Late Quaternary Sedimentation in the Yellow Sea off Baegryeong Island, Korea (한국 황해 백령도 주변해역 후 제4기 퇴적작용)

  • Cho, MinHee;Lee, Eunil;You, HakYoel;Kang, Nyen-Gun;Yoo, Dong-Geun
    • Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration
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    • v.16 no.3
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    • pp.145-153
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    • 2013
  • High-resolution chirp profiles were analyzed to investigate the echo types of near-surface sediments in the Yellow Sea off the Baegryeong Island. On the basis of seafloor morphology and subbottom echo characters, 7 echo types were identified. Flat seafloor with no internal reflectors or moderately to well-developed subbottom reflectors (echo type 1-1 and 1-2) is mainly distributed in the southern part of the study area. Flat seafloor with superposed wavy bedforms (echo type 1-3) is also distributed in the middle part. Mounded seafloor with either smooth surface or superposed bedforms (echo type 2-1, 2-2, and 2-3) occurs in the middle part of the study area. Irregular and eroded seafloor with no subbottom reflectors (echo type 3-1) is present in the northern part of the study area off the Baegryeong Island. According to the distribution pattern and sedimentary facies of echo types, depositional environments can be divided into three distinctive areas: (1) active erosional zone due to strong tidal currents in the northern part; (2) formation of tidal sand ridges in response to tidal currents associated with sea-level rise distributed in the middle part; and (3) transgressive sand sheets in the southern part. Such a depositional pattern, including 7 echo types, in this area reflects depositional process related to the sea-level rise and strong tidal currents during the Holocene transgression.