Effects of horizontal pressure gradients on bed destabilization under waves

被引:13
作者
Berni, C. [1 ,2 ]
Michallet, H. [1 ]
Barthelemy, E. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, LEGI, CS40700, F-38058 Grenoble, France
[2] Irstea, UR HHLY, CS 70077, 5 Rue Doua, F-69626 Villeurbanne, France
关键词
boundary layers; coastal engineering; sediment transport; OSCILLATORY BOUNDARY-LAYERS; INCIPIENT MOTION; SHEET-FLOW; ROUGH BEDS; SEDIMENT; VELOCITY; STRESS; ASYMMETRY; TRANSPORT; SKEWNESS;
D O I
10.1017/jfm.2016.805
中图分类号
O3 [力学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0801 ;
摘要
We report on new experiments designed to investigate bed destabilization processes in a two-dimensional wave flume physical model of a beach. The mobile bed consists of non-cohesive granular material of low density. The wave conditions arc provided by repeating a cycle of waves made of two bichromatic groups of different period. The horizontal and vertical velocities are acoustically profiled vertically from free-stream elevation down to the still bed level in the surf zone. Additional measurements of the fluid pressure at positions closely aligned horizontally arid vertically in and slightly above the sediment bed are undertaken. Mobile bed interfaces, still bed and top interface, are detected via acoustic and optical methods. Both methods are cross-compared and give similar results. Flow turbulence over the bed is analysed. the Reynolds turbulent shear stress is found negligible compared to the orbital flow induced momentum diffusion. The shear stress and the horizontal pressure gradient are computed at near-bed elevation and used in the bed incipient plug flow model of Sleath (Coot. Shelf Res., vol. 19 (13), 1999, pp. 1643-1664). Both the model and the measurements confirm that destabilization occurs when the non-dimensional pressure gradient (or Sleath number) exceeds the threshold value of 0.3 which is simultaneous with strong flow acceleration. The near-bottom fluid shear stress detected during these flow accelerations al sleep wave fronts is found experimentally to be negative, which is retrieved with an unsteady plug flow model. This is suggesting that the fluid above the bed resists the sediment layer motion at these particular phases.
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页数:31
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