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Laboratory Characterization Of Unsteady Boundary Layers, Umair Sarwar, Cary Troy
Laboratory Characterization Of Unsteady Boundary Layers, Umair Sarwar, Cary Troy
The Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Symposium
The study of waves and their effects on mean flow and turbulence in natural water bodies is an important issue for applications in aquatic biology, coastal engineering, sediment transport and hydrodynamic of the lake. These waves result in the generation of an oscillatory (Stokes) boundary layer near the bottom of the water column. The goal of this study was to conduct various experiments that will be used to characterize the turbulence in unsteady boundary layers and help understand the relation between various flow variables (e.g. wave amplitude, frequency, water depth, turbulent kinetic energy, etc.). Using the research facilities provided, three …