Thermally Driven Exchange Flow Between Open Water and Floating Vegetation, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Jamali, Mirmosadegh (Supervisor)
Abstract
In this thesis, we present the results of a laboratory and numerical model study of the exchange flow generated by the temperature gradient between an open water heated by sunlight and a canopy area made of floating vegetation. Particle Image Velocimetry is employed to obtain the structures of the warm flow intruding the canopy at the surface and the bottom cold return flow for different roots length and vegetation density. Following an initial, transient stage of flow build-up governed by a balance between inertia and buoyancy forces, the flow reaches a steady state in the canopy area with a force balance between buoyancy and vegetation drag dominating the flow within roots. At the steady...
Cataloging briefThermally Driven Exchange Flow Between Open Water and Floating Vegetation, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Jamali, Mirmosadegh (Supervisor)
Abstract
In this thesis, we present the results of a laboratory and numerical model study of the exchange flow generated by the temperature gradient between an open water heated by sunlight and a canopy area made of floating vegetation. Particle Image Velocimetry is employed to obtain the structures of the warm flow intruding the canopy at the surface and the bottom cold return flow for different roots length and vegetation density. Following an initial, transient stage of flow build-up governed by a balance between inertia and buoyancy forces, the flow reaches a steady state in the canopy area with a force balance between buoyancy and vegetation drag dominating the flow within roots. At the steady...
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