Initiation of motion and scour burial of objects underwater
Initiation of motion and scour burial of objects underwater
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DOI:
10.1016/j.oceaneng.2016.12.029
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发表时间:
2017-02-01
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5
通讯作者:
Friedrichs, Carl T.
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作者:
Renni, Sarah E.;Brandt, Alan;Friedrichs, Carl T.
Laboratory experiments were conducted to examine mobility and burial of objects, including onset of motion on a rigid bottom, scour burial into a sand bed, and the interplay between scour and motion onset Experiments covered a range of object diameter-to-bottom roughness ratios (D/k) of relevance to mobility of unexploded ordnance (UXO). Results indicate that the critical mobility parameter (Theta(Ucrit) approximate to varies as Theta 6(D/k)(-72) for cylinders under currents and waves. Modifications of this relation are also presented for accelerating flows. Scour experiments produced formulae for the equilibrium burial depth (Beq) for UXO as a function of the sediment Shields parameter (Theta(sed)) of the form B-eq/D = a(2) Theta sed(b2). For current-induced live-bed scour, relatively large cylinders (D > 8 cm) result in a(2) and b(2) approximate to 0.36. Smaller cylinders (D < 3 cm) and a tapered shape bury more easily (a(2) approximate to 15 and b(2)approximate to 1.1). An alternate, physics based relation for Beq incorporating additional length scales is also presented. For objects on mobile sand under accelerating flow, behavior was observed to be a contest between scour burial and the current speed reaching critical mobility. It is shown that by considering pit depth at the moment of mobility to be the effective bottom roughness, a general explanation of the onset of motion can be obtained.