Longitudinal dispersion in wave-current-vegetation flow
The flow, turbulence and longitudinal dispersion in wave-current flow through submerged vegetation are experimentally examined. Laboratory experiments are carried out by superimposing progressive waves on a steady flow through simulated submerged vegetation. The resultant wave-currentvegetation inte...
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Экспериментальные и экспедиционные
исследования
UDC 551.465
Sandeep Patil1, Xian gui Li2, Chi wai Li1, Barry Y. F. Tam1,
Cynthia Y. Song1, Yong P. Chen1, Qing he Zhang3
Longitudinal dispersion in wave-current-vegetation flow
The flow, turbulence and longitudinal dispersion in wave-current flow through submerged vegeta-
tion are experimentally examined. Laboratory experiments are carried out by superimposing progres-
sive waves on a steady flow through simulated submerged vegetation. The resultant wave-current-
vegetation interaction shows strong interfacial shear with increase in velocity due to wave-induced
drift. The increase in turbulence in vegetation region is found to be about twice than in no wave case
due to the additional mixing by wave motions. Solute experiments are conducted to quantify wave-
current-vegetation longitudinal dispersion coefficient (WCVLDC) by routing method and by defining
length and velocity scales for wave-current-vegetation flow, an empirical expression for WCVLDC
has been proposed. Although increase in vertical diffusivity is observed compare to bare-bed channel,
the shear effect is stronger which increases the magnitude of WCVLDC. The study can be a guideline
to understand the combine hydrodynamics of wave, current and vegetation and to quantify the longi-
tudinal dispersion therein.
1. Introduction. The understanding of transport and mixing processes like ad-
vection and diffusion is important to verify the acceptable limit of pollutants that
are released into open channel systems. Apart from these processes, short period
surface waves often exist due to the ubiquity of wind shear and contribute in mix-
ing of pollutants [1]. Another influential agent is the common vegetation growth on
the channel bed which hydrodynamically enhances the turbulence and associated
mixing processes [2 – 4]. The resultant flow is the combination of wave, steady
current and vegetation which generally exists in nature. Knowledge of the combine
hydrodynamics of wave-current-vegetation is practical in understanding the par-
ticulate sediment transport [5], exchange of vertical momentum transfer [6] and
also distortion of plant morphology [7, 8]. In this paper, the flow, turbulence and
longitudinal dispersion in this combine flow field of wave-current-vegetation is
experimentally examined. The depth-wise velocity profiles and turbulence have
been measured and by conducting dye studies, an empirical expression for the lon-
gitudinal dispersion coefficient for wave-current-vegetation flow (WCVLDC) is
proposed. The results of this study will improve the understanding of the hydrody-
namics and pollutant mixing in the combine wave-current-vegetation flow. The
paper is organized as follows. Section 1 provides introduction followed by brief
literature on wave-current and current-vegetation studies in Section 2. Experimen-
tal procedure is described in Section 3. Section 4 includes the results on velocity
and solute concentration profiles with proposed expression for WCVLDC. Sec-
tion 5 presents the conclusion of this study.
2. Review of literature. After the initial work on modeling vegetation as an
increased bottom roughness [9, 10], recent studies focus on velocity profiles and
turbulent characteristics of steady flow through vegetated channels [11, 12]. In
Sandeep Patil, Xian gui Li, Chi wai Li, Barry Y. F. Tam, Cynthia Y. Song, Yong P. Chen,
Qing he Zhang, 2009
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emergent vegetation, where d < hs (d is the flow depth; hs is the vegetation stem
height), the increase in the head loss increases the vegetative velocity compare to
open channel [13, 14]. Also, the depth-wise vegetated velocity shows more uni-
formity because of the presence of stems that reduces the shear [15, 16]. Moreover,
the turbulent eddies of stem-diameter scale increase the turbulence within vegeta-
tion [17] and cause increase in vertical diffusivity over to that in bare-bed flow.
The reduced shear with increased vertical diffusivity act to reduce the longitudinal
dispersion coefficient in the emergent vegetation. Moreover, solute transport stud-
ies in this flow shows trapping of solute in the stem-wake regions and causes
«frontal delay» (Fig. 6, [14]) which is the difference between the observed concen-
tration – time (C – t) curve and the corresponding theoretical curve by well-
known 1-D dispersion equation.
In submerged vegetation( )shd > , an overflow region exists above the vegeta-
tion region with a strong shear layer at the interface between two regions due to the
large difference of velocities between these regions [6, 18]. Moreover, [19] ob-
served that the depth-wise hydrodynamics in vegetation region shows two parts,
the vertical exchange zone (VEZ) in the upper part of hs which is influenced by
vertical intrusion of mass and momentum from overflowing water and the longitu-
dinal exchange zone (LEZ) below VEZ till bottom in which hydrodynamics is
similar to that of emergent vegetation described before. They showed that the rela-
tive depths of these zones depend on the height of overflow. The depth-wise veloc-
ity profile is uniform in LEZ and increases in VEZ with strong shear to join the
higher overflow velocity above hs (Fig. 1).
F i g. 1. Experimental set-up
This velocity distribution using Prandtl’s mixing length approach was derived in
[20] who also proposed a relation between velocity and turbulent intensity. The ver-
tical turbulent diffusion has been observed to be higher around interface and lower in
above and below it [19, 21]. The strong shear effect at the interface is expected to
increase the longitudinal dispersion coefficient in submerged vegetation compare to
that in emergent vegetation and bare-bed channel. The presence of surface waves in
such flows will have additional wave-associated drift velocity [22]. In the wave-
current flows without vegetation, this drift from the oscillatory part of the flow field
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is the mass transport velocity that causes finite longitudinal dispersion [23 – 25]. The
amount of wave-induced dispersion in bared bed flows depends on wave amplitude
(a) and wave period (T) which is parameterized by [1] and [26]. The oscillatory
movement of the particles also affects the mixing characteristics by inducing near
bed shear [27]. A theoretical study on wave and current flow in vegetation [28] sug-
gested that the drag coefficient of current-vegetation flow is too large to simulate the
flow profile of wave-current-vegetation flow. They obtained 6.0=dC to simulate
the profile in flexible vegetation. [29] have proposed a 2-layer model to predict the
longitudinal dispersion in flow through submerged vegetation in absence of wave
activity in which the dispersion coefficient has been quantified as an addition of the
dispersion due to the three scales of mixing, viz. the smaller stem-scale mixing near
the lower part of the canopy, the coherent KH vortices-scale mixing in the shear
layer and the depth-scale mixing in the overflow region.
Thus, in general, it can be deduced that the longitudinal dispersion of steady
flow will be affected by the presence of surface waves as well as vegetation. The
resultant dispersion coefficient will be WCVLDC which is quantified in this paper.
The laboratory experiments are conducted to measure the velocity profiles, turbu-
lence and solute concentration at selected transects in absence/presence of waves
are measured and described in the following Section.
3. Experimental set-up and procedure. Experiments are conducted in a 15 m
long, 31 cm wide glass wall flume with smooth steel bottom. A steady recirculating
uniform current is generated by passing the pumped flow through energy dissipat-
ers as shown in Fig. 1. The energy dissipaters are followed by baffle walls to
dampen the surface fluctuations to get a smooth horizontal surface. Bed slope
S0 = 0.0001 is kept constant and the flow discharge (Q) is varied to get different
velocities. A wave maker is placed downstream of the baffle walls to generate pro-
gressive surface waves on this smooth uniform flow. The tailgate hinged at bottom
at the rear end allows the waves to pass over it without reflecting back which
avoids the need of a wave-absorbing beach. A vegetation model, 7 m long in flow
direction is simulated using thermoplastic rubber rods that are glued in the holes
drilled on an acrylic sheet. The height of the rubber rods (i. e. stem height)
hs = 15 cm is maintained. This stem height with the total flow depth d = 25 cm
(overflow depth is 10 cm) represents a typical set up of confined submerged vege-
tation in which the surface waves, strong interfacial shear, VEZ and LEZ are active
in the flow domain [19]. Two vegetation canopies of different densities are mod-
eled by using rods of diameters, 6 mm and 8 mm. The constant centre to centre
spacing between the rods, S∆∆∆∆ = 30 mm is maintained in both the canopies to form
a square grid. This provides vegetation density, 04.0/ 22 == SdV sd ∆∆∆∆ , i. e. 4% for
ds = 6 mm and Vd = 0.07, i. e. 7.1% for ds = 8 mm. After initial transition due to
vegetation interference, flow attains steady state and maintains through out the re-
maining part of the vegetation. This steady state part of vegetation is selected to
measure velocity, turbulence and solute concentration. The rods are placed wall to
wall to prevent the streaming effect close to the wall. The secondary flow gener-
ated above the vegetation model can be neglected because of the overflow depth
being small, the instantaneous turbulent intensity at interface is much larger than
the RMS value [6].
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3.1. Flow measurement. Depth-wise velocity profiles and turbulent intensities
are measured in no-wave (current-vegetation) and with-wave (wave-current-
vegetation) cases. Ultrasonic velocity profiler (UVP) with vertically arranged five
transducers is employed at mid-width to measure the depth-wise velocity and tur-
bulence profiles along flow direction. The vertical spacing between transducers is
50 mm with the lowest transducer is at a distance of 25 mm from the channel bed.
Thus lower three transducers measured in-canopy velocities whereas the upper two
measured overflow velocities. Wherever required, two or three rods are displaced
to clear the optical path of the transducers from stem interference. Each transducer
sampled the time series of the velocity profile at 50 Hz frequency at several points
within 150 mm from its tip along the flow direction. For the current-vegetation
cases, the instantaneous velocities are sampled for sufficient duration and are aver-
aged over time and space to get the mean velocity. The turbulent intensity is meas-
ured by averaging the fluctuating signals of UVP over the mean velocity.
For wave-current-vegetation experiments, progressive waves are passed over the
steady current to get wave-current-vegetation flow field. Waves with wave height
and period between 1.5 cm & 4 cm and 1.5 s & 4 s respectively, are maintained to
follow shallow wave and short period condition. The UVP signals for 250 –
300 wave oscillations are collected and averaged to get the Eulerian-mean velocity.
For the turbulent intensity in with-wave flow, the instantaneous velocity (ui) of UVP
has three components, viz. the mean of instantaneous velocity )(zu , the time-
dependent velocity, ),(~ tzu and the fluctuation turbulent velocity ),( tzu′ . The phase-
averaged velocity uuu += ~ , is average of samples taken at fixed phase in the im-
posed oscillations and is obtained as ( )∑
=
+=
N
n
i nTtu
N
u
0
1
, where n is the oscillation
cycle number and N is the total oscillation cycles. This u is subtracted from the
UVP signals, ui to get the turbulent intensity in wave-current-vegetation flow.
F i g. 2. Depth-wise velocity profiles in current-vegetation and wave-current-vegetation flows
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The measurement is repeated for Q = 50 m3⋅h–1, 75 m3⋅h–1 & 90 m3⋅h–1 in no-
wave and with-wave cases. Fig. 2 and 3 show the measured velocity profiles and
turbulent intensity in case of Q = 50 m3⋅h–1 and 75 m3⋅h–1 for both %4=dV and
7%, respectively. Looking at the high distortion of velocity and turbulence in
Q = 75 m3⋅h–1, the case of Q = 90 m3⋅h–1 is not plotted. For all the experiments de-
scribed above, the surface slope (Sf ) over vegetation region is measured using a
pair of water level gages, each located little outside the either ends of vegetation
model. Because Sf >> S0 in presence of vegetation, Sf governs the flow and there-
fore used in place of S0 in vegetation experiments, whereas S0 is maintained in the
experiments in bare-bed channel.
F i g. 3. Depth-wise turbulent intensities in current-vegetation and wave-current-vegetation flows
3.2. Solute measurement. A 20% active solution of rhodamine dye is injected
from a constant head tank in the wave-current-vegetation flow described above,
through a solute outfall. The outfall is a 5 mm diameter acrylic tube placed width-
wise to form a line source of solute. The tube has 0.5 mm diameter holes in four
lines facing the flow direction. The outfall is placed well before the vegetation so
that solute should achieve cross-sectional uniformity before entering the vegetation
region. Some distance after entering the vegetation, surface waves owing to their
large scale depth-wise orbital motions, cause solute to spread uniformly across the
cross section of flow. Solute concentration is measured in overflow as well as
vegetation region and concentration verses time (C – t) curves have been plotted
for both the regions. The uniformity is experimentally determined where the differ-
ence in the concentration in vegetation and overflow region becomes less than 5%.
The length of canopy after this cross-sectional uniformity is used to locate sam-
pling transects. Two transects (T1 and T2 in Fig. 1) are located to apply routing pro-
cedure [30] to calculate dispersion coefficient. At both the transects, the solute
concentration at mid-depth of overflow (T10 and T20) and mid-depth of vegetation
(T1v and T2v) is measured continuously along time, using 10-AU fluorometer and
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recorded through data acquisition system. The sampling points are shown in black
dots. Two black dots on each sampling tube are the sampling points on each tran-
sect. Upper dots sample from the mid-depth mid-width of overflow region (T10 and
T20). Lower dots sample from the mid-depth mid-width of vegetation region (T1v
and T2v). Thus, there are two transects (T1 and T2) and at each transect, the solute
concentration is measured at two sampling points, i. e. solute is sampled at four
locations (T10, T1v, T20, T2v) as shown in Fig. 1.
The two concentration – time breakthrough curves (C – t curves) from the two
sampling points at each transect are used to find the difference of 5% stated above.
The time for solute to reach to fluorometer from channel is estimated to be two
seconds and accordingly, the C – t curves are shifted. The dispersion in the small
diameter sampling tube is assumed negligible. The contribution from the stem scale
diffusion is negligible [14] and hence neglected. The dye study is repeated for five
values of Q, i. e. 50 m3
·h–1, 65 m3
·h–1, 75 m3
·h–1, 82 m3
·h–1 and 90 m3
·h–1.
In absence of waves, wave-induced oscillations are absent and the 2-point
sampling at each transect provides the magnitude of the delay in solute transport
through vegetation over that in overflow. This delay in percentage form is meas-
ured for various flow velocities. As the concentration measurement in vegetated
region at transect-2 (i. e. T2v) is required only to measure percentage delay over
overflow, the concentration in vegetation at transect-1 (i. e. T1v) is not measured in
absence of waves.
3.3. Estimation of observed WCVLDC. The solute concentration measured at
both transects is averaged over intervals of the wave period to get the period aver-
aged steady values of concentration. The C − t curves measured at transect-2 from
the overflow (T20) and from the vegetation region (T2v) are indistinguishable due to
the wave-induced mixing as seen in Fig.4.
F i g. 4. C – t curves in wave-current-vegetation flow for Q = 75 m3⋅h–1 and Vd = 4% (wave height is
3.5 cm, T = 2.3 s, Ewvx = 0.043 m2⋅s–1): measured in overflow region (▲), measured in vegetation
region (■), theoretical profile by routing method (▬)
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The same merging between T10 and T1v is observed at transect-1. Because of
this merging, the C – t curves at either T10 or T1v and T2 or T2v are used in the rout-
ing method [30] to find WCVLDC. As the measured concentrations are period-
averaged, the 1-D dispersion equation is also averaged over a wave period to get
the period-averaged 1-D dispersion equation. The derivation is included in Appen-
dix. Following frozen cloud assumption and superposition integral [31], the solu-
tion of equation (A6) is
τ
τ
τ
τπ
d
tE
tUL
tE
U
tCtC
wvxwvx
p ∫
∞
−
−−
−
=
0
2
12 )(4
))((
exp
)(4
)()( , (1)
where overbar denotes period-averaged steady value, pC2 is the predicted concen-
tration at second transect which can be estimated from the observed concentration
1C at the first transect, L is the distance between the two transects, wvxE is the
WCVLDC and U is the depth-wise mean velocity in wave-current-vegetation
flow. It is calculated from the velocity profiles measured in wave-current-
vegetation flow (for example, see Fig. 2). The observed concentration at transect-1
(at either T10 or T1v) is the 1C substituted in equation (1) and theoretical C – t curve
( pC2 ) for transect-2 is predicted (line graph in Fig. 4). This predicted data is super-
imposed over the measured data at transect-2 (at either T20 or T2v) and the optimum
value of WCVLDC is evaluated by least square method for five different dis-
charges (Q = 50 m3 ⋅h–1, 65 m3⋅h–1, 75 m3⋅h–1, 82 m3⋅h–1 and 90 m3⋅h–1) and are used
to work out an expression for WCVLDC in Section 4.2. The estimated uncertainty
is calculated using IS code and found to be around 15%. The observed WCVLDC
shows increasing trend with increase in current owing to the increase in the flow
velocity that causes increase in interfacial shear and at the same time, increase in
vegetative velocity which in turn reduces the turbulence and therefore diffusivity in
vegetation. It is discussed in the following section.
4. Results
4.1. Flow velocity and turbulent intensity (in absence and presence of waves).
In the current-vegetation flows, the mean velocity and turbulence intensity for
dV = 4% (ds = 6 mm) and 7.1% (ds = 8 mm) can be seen in Fig. 2 and 3 for
Q = 50 m3⋅h–1 and 75 m3⋅h–1. [14] observed that in emergent vegetation, the in-
crease in dV reduces the bottom boundary layer thickness upto 50% which reduces
the velocity shear in vegetation. The vertical velocity profiles in LEZ in Fig. 2
show the same phenomenon in present experiments because LEZ replicates emer-
gent condition. However, the constant velocity in LEZ increases along depth in
VEZ to adjust with the nearing higher velocity in overflow and displays strong
shear which becomes stronger with increasing Vd (Fig. 2).
Comparison between vegetation densities shows that increase in dV from 4%
to 7% reduces the velocity in LEZ due to the corresponding increase in turbulence
(Fig. 3) which is maximum at the interface [21]. This is in contrast to the emergent-
vegetation case in which the mean velocity increases with dV owing to the absence
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of overflow region [14]. For higher Q = 75 m3⋅h–1, the reduction in vegetation ve-
locity is compensated by increase in overflow velocity.
On the other hand, comparison between flow discharges for a fix dV shows
overall increase in velocity from 50 m3⋅s–1 to 75 m3⋅s–1, in turn decrease in turbulent
intensities. It is noticed in Fig. 3 that in vegetation region, turbulent intensity of
Q = 75 m3⋅h–1 in =dV 4% is close to its value of Q = 50 m3⋅h–1 in =dV 7.1%. This
suggests that the increase in drag due to higher dV can be achieved in lower dV by
increasing the flow velocity.
For the wave-current-vegetation flow, the same figures (Fig. 2 and Fig. 3)
show period-averaged velocities and turbulent intensities, respectively (dots only
data). All the trends described above have been observed to be followed in the
presence of waves. In addition, increase in the velocity in overflow region is attrib-
uted to the additional wave-induced drift velocity [22]. Higher amplitude or lower
wave period generates higher drift. The turbulent intensities in Fig. 3 clearly show
higher level of turbulence in presence of wave especially in vegetated region be-
cause of the additional bidirectional motions of waves [32]. The bidirectional mo-
tions increase the interaction between near-wake and far-wake regions which can
enhance the stem-scale turbulent eddies to the probable scale of S∆∆∆∆ and justify the
increase in turbulence in wave-current-vegetation flow. Nonetheless, increase in Q
in presence of waves shows decrease in in-canopy turbulence owing to the vegeta-
tion streaming.
Within a wave period, the flow structure is depending on the relative ampli-
tude of wave-induced velocity and current. For higher wave amplitudes, the wave-
induced speed being higher than current speed. Therefore, the instantaneous veloci-
ties of combine wave-current flow sometimes reverse in direction under wave
trough. In such cases, wave-induced turbulence occurs at the front and back side of
stems alternatively. Soon after the flow reverses, a temporary wake and recircula-
tion region forms upstream of a stem with a temporary drag from behind. In solute
studies, this periodic motion of water particles may reduce the trapping of solute in
the wake region. On the other hand, if the waves are small in amplitude, then the
net wave-current velocity within a wave period is always positive. In this case,
stems experience a reduction in drag under wave trough due to the reduction in net
wave-current velocity. The wave structure still remains unsteady and reduces the
degree of trapping of solute in the wake region. Thus in the presence of waves (i. e.
wave-current-vegetation flow), the turbulence and therefore the exchange of solute
between near-wake region and far region enhances.
4.2. Empirical expression for WCVLDC. The WCVLDC estimated by routing
method are used to derive an empirical expression for WCVLDC. First of all, this
functional relationship of longitudinal dispersion coefficient is worked out using
Elder’s longitudinal dispersion coefficient [33] which is written as
∫ ∫ ∫
′
′
′′′′′−=
d z z
z
x dzzdzdu
D
u
d
E
0 0 0
11
, (2)
where Dz is the vertical diffusivity; ( ) Utzyxutzyxu −=′ ,,,),,,( is the local veloc-
ity fluctuations from the mean flow velocity, U . The term u′ makes equation (2)
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complicated to solve. Therefore, a mixing length analogous to Prandtl-mixing
length is assumed to represent the fluctuating velocity, u′ in equation (2), then u′
can be simplified as
z
u
lu d ∂
∂=′ , (3)
where ld is a vertical length scale to be determined and is not the Prandtl-mixing
length. The direction of ld is vertical because the shear velocity u, in Eq. 2 is in verti-
cal direction. Substitution of equation (3) in equation (2), equation (2) is written as
),(
11
0 0 0
ulfdzzdzd
z
u
l
Dz
u
l
d
E d
d z z
d
z
dx =′′′
′′∂
∂
∂
∂−= ∫ ∫ ∫
′
′
, (4)
where zD is also a function of ld and u. It is obvious that ld = d for bare-bed chan-
nel. On the same line, for the transverse variation of shear, the well-known disper-
sion coefficient due to [31] (similar to equation (2)) shall provide ),( ulfE wx = ,
where lw is some transverse length scale which, for bare-bed channel is the width of
the channel, W. Based on these scales, Eq. 4 in the form of functional relationship
can be written as
),,( ullfE dwx = . (5)
Equation (5) shows that the accuracy of dispersion coefficient is to find the
correct expressions for the distance and velocity scales. Several expressions of lon-
gitudinal dispersion coefficients for bare-bed channel proposed in the past have
been based on equation (5). These scales are modified to include the effect of vege-
tation and waves and then used to work out a simple empirical expression for
WCVLDC.
First of all, the longitudinal dispersion coefficient for the bare-bed channel is
estimated by usual dye experiments. These observed values along with the ob-
served data of [14] for bare-bed channel, are found to be matching with the empiri-
cal expression of dispersion coefficients given by [34] as
98.0
0
06.1
*
11.2
0
253.0 −
−
= S
U
U
R
W
qS
Ex , (6)
where xE is the longitudinal dispersion coefficient in bare-bed channel, 0qS is the
fluid power (q is discharge per unit width), RW / is the aspect ratio, W is the chan-
nel width and )2/( dWWdR += is the hydraulic radius, */UU is the friction fac-
tor and 0* gRSU = is the shear velocity. For the present experiments,
24.3095.031.0 ==RW . For this ratio, secondary currents appear in lower
magnitude of velocities due to which equation (6) overestimates the dispersion co-
efficients (see point P in Fig. 5). Also equation (6) is based on laboratory as well as
field data and thus it includes field specific conditions such as heterogeneity in bed,
river meandering, non-prismatic cross section and tends to increase the dispersion
coefficient. For the higher magnitude of velocities, secondary currents are negligi-
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ble for which the dispersion coefficient is nearing the observed value which in turn
shows reduced effect of secondary currents. Similarly, the data of [14] is reasona-
bly close to the predictions of equation (6) because it is measured in wider flume
(for which R = d in equation (6)) which eliminates secondary current effects.
F i g. 5. Observed and predicted by equation (6) longitudinal dispersion coefficient (m2⋅s–1) in bare-
bed channel
Thus Eq. 6 is acceptable except in case of lower magnitude of velocities in
bare-bed condition. This limitation does not exist in presence of vegetation where
pure water depth (overflow depth) reduces from 25 cm to 10 cm and for which
1.5=RW is closer to shallow water flow. Therefore, equation (6) is considered
and extended for the effect of vegetation and waves. To include these effects, the
functional relationship of equation (6) is assessed and written as
),,(,
*0
UdWf
d
W
U
U
f
qS
Ex =
= , (7)
where *U and q are function of W, d and U. Comparison of equation (7) with
equation (5) shows dld = , Wlw = and Uu = . These scales are to be modified
to include the effect of waves and vegetation in equation (6). For the effect of
wave, a dimensionless wave parameter *TUa [26] is used where a is the wave
amplitude and T is the wave period. The effect of vegetation is included by modi-
fying the transverse and vertical length scales and the velocity scale in equa-
tion (6) as follows.
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Transverse length scale (lw). The extremities of vegetation density are consid-
ered, non-vegetation and very dense vegetation, i. e. complete blockage of flow
through vegetation region. For non-vegetation case (ds = 0), lw should be W. For
full vegetation-blockage (ds = ∆S), the transverse scale should still be W as full
channel width is still exist in overflow region for the water to flow. Based on these
limiting conditions, dimensionless vegetation density ssda is used as vegetation
parameter and an expression for lw is formulated as
( )[ ] 11 ΩΩΩΩ
sssw dadWl −−= . (8)
Equation (8) can be tested for the two extremities. Thus, for non-vegetation
case, ds = 0 and equation (8) provides, Wlw = . For the full vegetation-blockage,
asds=1 and for which again Wlw = . Parameter Ω is used to represent the trend of
equation (8) between these extremities. As only two vegetation densities are stud-
ied in this paper, linear relationship of equation (8) is assumed by assigning Ω1 = 1.
Vertical length scale lv. The two extremities explained above are applied to
find lv. For no-vegetation case, lv should be d. For the complete blockage of vegeta-
tion region 1=dV , lv should be the depth of overflow region, i. e. shd − . Based on
these values, lv is formulated as
( )
2
2
2
2 ΩΩΩΩ
ΩΩΩΩ
∆∆∆∆
−=−=
S
d
hddahdl s
ssssv . (9)
It can be verified that, for no-vegetation case (ds = 0), equation (9) provides
lv = d whereas for full vegetation-blockage case (ds = ∆S), equation (9) becomes
sv hdl −= . Linear relationship of equation (9) is assumed by assigning Ω2 = 1.
Velocity scale (denoted as Uv). The flow discharge Q is a known quantity and
is kept constant in absence or presence of vegetation by maintaining constant rate
of pumping. For the bare-bed channel, velocity scale is WdQU = whereas in
presence of vegetation, vwv llQU = . Thus, using equations (8) and (9), Uv can be
written as
( )[ ]{ } ( )[ ]ssssssvw
v dahddadW
Q
ll
Q
U
−−−
==
1
. (10)
It can be seen that Uv eventually depends on vegetation density and vegetation
height. In the absence of vegetation (ds = 0), Uv reduces to U satisfying the required
condition for bare-bed channel. For the full blockage condition, equation (10) pro-
vides ( )]/[ sv hdWQU −= , i. e. discharge through overflow region.
The above defined vegetative scales are replaced in equation (6), i. e.
vw ldlW == , and vUU = to include effect of vegetation. The 0S is replaced
by fS and shear velocity fvSglU =* where g = 9.81 m⋅s–2. Also wave pa-
rameter as mentioned before is included for the effect of wave. Thus, equa-
tion (6) becomes
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2
10
*0
1
φ
ζ
γβ
φα
+
=
v
v
v
wwvx
TU
a
S
U
U
l
l
qS
E
, (11)
where 956.0,121.1,062.2,258.0 −=−=== ζγβα , 1φ =17.08 and 2φ = 3.31
are the regression coefficients (correlation coefficient is 0.96) computed by least
square method. The magnitude of 1φ ~ 17 suggests that the magnitude of wave
parameter should be higher by an order and thus keeps further scope for trying
different combinations of wave parameter. Nonetheless, the proposed WCVLDC
(see equation (11)) provides first hand information in view of no work on the pol-
lutant dispersion in combine wave-current-vegetation flow field. The observed
values of WCVLDC from Section 3.3 are used to obtain equation (11). The ob-
served [equation (1)] and predicted WCVLDC are shown in Fig. 6. For the bare-
bed channel, a and ds are zero and equation (11) reduces close to equation (6).
Equation (11) is based on limited data due to the laboratory constraints. How-
ever, it can serve as a preliminary guideline for assessment of dispersion in wave-
current-vegetation interaction.
F i g. 6. Observed and predicted WCVLDC (equation (11))
In absence of wave activity, the C – t curves in vegetation and overflow re-
gions separate and become distinct (Fig. 7). The separation is caused by the delay
in vertical mixing of solute between the two regions because of the absence of
wave-induced oscillations. The delay in percentage form is measured at the ends of
the C – t curves. The interfacial strong shear causes Kelvin – Helmholtz coherent
vortices at the interface [35] that are thought to restrict rather than support the
downward spreading of solute across the interface [29]. Because of the delay, the
necessary condition of cross-sectional uniformity of solute could not be achieved
and hence equation (11) is not valid in absence of waves.
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F i g. 7. C – t curves in current-vegetation flow for Q = 75 m3⋅h–1 showing % solute delay in vegeta-
tion: measured in overflow region (▲), measured in vegetative region (■), theoretical profile by rout-
ing method (▬)
However, in practical situation like in coastal fields, a combine hydrodynamics
of wave – current – vegetation exists in which because of the surface waves, the
pollutants are always vertically well mixed. Motivating from this, wave activity is
used in this laboratory study to get uniform spreading of solute across the combine
cross section of vegetation and overflow region. Effect of increase in wave ampli-
tude on WCVLDC can be studied as a further extension to this study. Increase in
wave amplitude may increase WCVLDC because of increase in drift velocity [22]
that causes additional shear [25] and also because the scale of wave-induced en-
hanced eddies in vegetation is limited by ∆S, increase in wave amplitude could not
increase turbulence and therefore diffusivity beyond a certain limit. Experiments
can be extended to verify this possibility.
4.3. Vertical diffusivity in wave-current-vegetation flow. The vertical diffu-
sivity in wave-current-vegetation flow is difficult to measure experimentally.
Therefore it is estimated by back calculation of Eq. 2 of Elder’s dispersion coeffi-
cient [33]. Equation (2) is averaged over a wave period to get wave-current longi-
tudinal dispersion coefficient ( )wxE as
∫ ∫ ∫
′
′
′′′′′−=
d z z
z
wx dzzdzdu
D
u
d
E
0 0 0
11
, (12)
where overbar represents the period-averaged quantities. Assuming constant diffu-
sivity, the wave-current shear term, I can be separately calculated ( zwx DEI = ). If
the period-averaged velocity and the solute data from Fig. 2 and Fig. 4 measured in
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wave-current-vegetation flow is used, then equation (12) provides WCVLDC
( wvxE ) and can be written as
zwcv
wcv
d z z
z
wvx D
I
dzzdzdu
D
u
d
E =′′′′′−= ∫ ∫ ∫
′
′0 0 0
11
, (13)
where wcvI and zwcvD = Dz = const are the wave-current-vegetation induced shear
and the vertical diffusivity, respectively. The observed WCVLDC estimated by
routing method in Section 3.3 are substituted in wvxE of equation (13). wcvI is es-
timated from the depth-wise measured velocities in wave-current-vegetation flow
and using equation (13), the magnitude of zwcvD is calculated. For example, for
Q = 50 m3⋅h–1 and wave of height ~ 2 cm and period ~ 1.5 s, observed WCVLDC =
= 78 cm2⋅s–1 is estimated from the routing procedure. The 8800~wcvI cm4⋅s–2 is
calculated from the corresponding depth-wise velocity profile provides
113~zwcvD cm2⋅s–1 which is about two order higher than the value in bare-bed
channel ( 2.3~067.0 *dUDz ≈ cm2⋅s–1, *U is shear velocity [36]). Table
shows wvxE , wcvI and corresponding zwcvD in Q = 50 m3⋅h–1 for both the stem den-
sities. The increase in the vertical diffusivity over that in bare-bed channel is attrib-
uted to increased turbulence in presence of stem-scale vegetation and wave-
induced enhanced eddies. Table also shows dispersion coefficient in bare-bed
channel that are lower in magnitude than WCVLDC which suggests higher influ-
ence of interfacial shear on WCVLDC than vertical diffusivity.
Vertical diffusivity, shear and WCVLDC for Q = 50 m3⋅⋅⋅⋅h–1, Vd = 4% and 7%
Stem density (%)
Value Bare-bed (no wave)
4.0 7.1
Dzwcv(cm2 ⋅s–1) 3.15 112.5 150.0
Iwcv (cm4 ⋅s–2) 8.64 8794.0 9720.0
Ewvx (cm2⋅s–1) (observed) 14.40 78.2 64.8
Ewvx (cm2 ⋅s–1) (predicted) 11.00 102.0 55.0
5. Conclusions. This study presents characteristics of flow, turbulence and
longitudinal dispersion in submerged vegetation under waves and current. As the
combine wave-current-vegetation flow field is common in real wetland flows, the
results of this study may be useful in context of studying exchange of CO2, dis-
solved nutrients, sediment dynamics in submerged vegetation. Presence of waves
increases the magnitude of steady current in overflow, improves the exchange be-
tween overflow and vegetation regions and also induces enhanced-scaled turbu-
lence in vegetation that is favorable to biological transport like larvae [37] or pol-
len dispersion [38]. The resultant turbulence intensity is observed to be around
twice the intensity in non-wave flows. The wave-induced increased turbulence and
exchange between the two regions help releasing pollutants trapped within stem
wakes which results in cross-sectional uniform distribution of pollutants, a neces-
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sary condition to assess dispersion coefficient. The resultant WCVLDC estimated
from dye experiments shows increasing trend with increase in the wave-current
velocity. This is attributed to the contradictory trend of increasing interfacial shear
and decreasing turbulence under increasing flow velocity. If compared with bare-
bed channel, the shear effect in wave-current-vegetation flow is stronger. There-
fore, although vertical diffusivity increases in presence of wave and vegetation,
WCVLDC is always higher than that in bare-bed channel. In absence of wave,
trapped pollutants in stem wakes could not be released in the flow direction and
together with reduction in the vertical exchange between vegetation and overflow,
results in delayed vertical transport of pollutants. Thus, due to the lack of cross sec-
tional uniformity of solute, dispersion coefficient could not be assessed in the pre-
sent design of experimental set-up. The outcome of this study, though based on
limited experiments due to laboratory constraints, can serve as a guideline for the
possible applications and advances in wetland mechanics where wave-current flow
through vegetation is ubiquitous.
Acknowledgement This work was supported by a grant from the Research
Grant Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (Project
No 5048/99E, GT-649) and a grant from Beijing IS & T University
(NSFC10671023).
Appendix
Wave-period-averaged 1-D dispersion equation for submerged vegetation
The one-dimensional dispersion equation for a straight and prismatic channel
is written as
( )
∂
∂
∂
∂=
∂
∂+
∂
∂
x
C
E
xx
CU
t
C
x , (A1)
where x, t, U, C, and Ex are the longitudinal distance, time, cross-sectional averaged
longitudinal flow velocity, cross-sectional averaged concentration and longitudinal
dispersion coefficient respectively. In the presence of linear periodic surface
waves, equation (A1) is averaged over one-wave period as
∂
∂
∂
∂=
∂
∂+
∂
∂
x
C
E
xx
C
U
t
C
x , (A2)
where overbar denotes the period-averaged value. The product term xCU ∂∂⋅ / can
be decomposed into the following forms by applying the Reynolds averaging pro-
cedure as
x
cC
uU
x
C
U
∂
+∂+=
∂
∂ )'(
)'( , (A3)
where u′(t) and c′(t) are respectively the temporal deviation of the velocity and the
concentration from the corresponding period-averaged values. If steady current and
progressive waves coexist in the channel, u′ may be the wave velocity which is sinu-
soidal. The frozen cloud assumption can be used when the dynamic steady state of
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the concentration distribution is attained. The concentration cloud will be advected
back and forth by the sinusoidal velocity. The function C(x0, t), also c′(x0,t) and
tx
xc
,0
/' ∂∂ , will be periodic and 90° out of phase with the sinusoidal velocity. Under
this condition 0~/ , ,0~' xcucuCu ∂′∂′′′ . Equation (A3) can be simplified to
x
C
U
x
C
U
∂
∂=
∂
∂
. (A4)
Similarly, the dispersion term can be written as,
∂
∂+
∂
∂
∂
∂=
∂
+∂+
∂
∂=
∂
∂
∂
∂
x
c
E
x
C
E
xx
cC
EE
xx
C
E
x xxxxx
')'(
)( '' , (A5)
where )(' tEx is the temporal deviation of the dispersion coefficient from the pe-
riod-averaged dispersion coefficient. Since ε/~ 2UEx , where ε is the turbulent
diffusion coefficient, Ex will be a periodic function of period T and is in phase
with U. Consequently
x
c
Ex ∂
∂ '' is expected to be very small in magnitude. The wave-
period-averaged mass conservation equation can then be written as
∂
∂
∂
∂=
∂
∂+
∂
∂
x
C
E
xx
C
U
t
C
wx , (A6)
where xwx EE = is the wave-current longitudinal dispersion coefficient and in the
presence of vegetation, it is wvxE , i. e. the wave-current-vegetation longitudinal
dispersion coefficient.
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3Tianjin University, China
Экспериментально исследовано влияние растительности в жидкости на течение, интенсив-
ность турбулентности и продольную дисперсию в системе волна – течение. В лабораторных
экспериментах в установившемся течении создавались короткие волны, генерируемые волно-
продуктором, и имитировалась подводная растительность (вегетация). Зона вегетации распо-
лагалась в придонной области и моделировалась системой вертикально подвешенных резино-
вых жгутов. Обнаружено возникновение больших сдвигов горизонтальной скорости течения в
зоне перехода от области вегетации к чистой воде. Турбулентное перемешивание в зоне веге-
тации в два раза выше, чем в системе волна – течение без вегетации. Подводная раститель-
ность приводит к росту дисперсии движения вдоль канала. Увеличение скорости течения вы-
зывает увеличение вертикальных сдвигов скорости и усиление продольной дисперсии. Верти-
кальное перемешивание с учетом вегетации на два порядка выше, чем при ее отсутствии. Вы-
полнены серии экспериментов с целью количественной оценки влияния вегетации на диспер-
сию движения вдоль канала в зависимости от скорости течения, его глубины и концентрации
подводной растительности. Предложены аппроксимации для экспериментально найденных
зависимостей коэффициента продольной дисперсии от параметров задачи.
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