Open Channel Flows: An Open Topic That Requires Further Exploration
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 March 2025 | Viewed by 1907
Special Issue Editor
Interests: open channel flows; hydrodynamics; turbulent flows; vegetated channels; hydraulic structures; local scouring; hydraulic jumps; boundary layers; experimental and numerical modeling; coastal monitoring; maritime hydraulics
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Dear Colleagues,
Rivers, valleys, waterways, streams, streamlets, creeks, tributaries, flumes, sewers, spillways, drains, canals, ditches, lakes, estuaries, etc., are frequently present in our environment. They are all open channel flows and are the most common major drainage system on Earth. They are natural or man-made conveyance systems for stormwater, surface water, wastewater, and groundwater. The free-surface flow in an open channel is driven by gravity and is essentially contained within the channel boundaries. The channel characteristics, i.e., the cross/section shape, roughness, bottom slope, sediment types, constriction, presence of vegetation, and obstruction (with natural bodies or hydraulic structures), strongly influence the hydrodynamic flow structures. The flow interactions with these channel features lead to complex dynamic phenomena that may not be easily explained with simple parameterizations and theoretical descriptions.
This Special Issue aims to collect new studies on hydrodynamic structures in open channel flows and develop recent ideas and research directions on waterway ecosystems' restoration and sustainable management.
I cordially invite you to participate in this Special Issue by submitting your recent works on this topic, such as experimental and/or numerical modeling of turbulent flow in rivers and open channels, flow–vegetation interaction, scouring processes, wastewater discharge in cross flows, mixing and dispersion of contaminants, meandering streams, flow–boundary interaction, estuary dynamics, river flooding management, and many other themes.
Dr. Mouldi Ben Meftah
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- open channel flows
- experimental and numerical modeling
- vegetated channels
- scouring processes
- turbulence
- mixing processes
- estuary dynamics
- river flooding
- boundary layers
- meandering streams
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