Environmental Fluid Mechanics

Preface Gerhard H. Jirka 1944-2010 1 Mixing and transport processes in environmental fluid systems: Gerhard Jirka's scientific achievements T. Bleninger, H. Herlina, V. Weitbrecht and S. Socolofsky PART 1 Shallow flows 2 Horizontal mixing in shallow flows W.S.J. Uijttewaal 3 Onset and development of instabilities in shallow shear flows M.S. Ghidaoui, M.Y. Lam and J.H. Liang 4 Shallow flows with bottom topography G.J.F. van Heijst, L.P.J. Kamp and R. Theunissen 5 Characteristic scales and consequences of large-scale horizontal coherent structures in shallow open-channel flows A.M. Ferreira da Silva, H. Ahmari and A. Kanani 6 Waves and currents: Hawking radiation in the hydraulics laboratory? G.A. Lawrence, S. Weinfurtner, E.W. Tedford, M.C.J. Penrice and W.G. Unruh PART 2 Fluvial hydraulics 7 Numerical simulation of turbulent flow and sediment transport processes in arbitrarily complex waterways S. Kang, A. Khosronejad and F. Sotiropoulos 8 Morphodynamic equilibrium of tidal channels G. Seminara, M. Bolla Pittaluga and N. Tambroni 9 Flow structure and sustainability of pools in gravel-bed rivers S.E. Parkinson, P. Goodwin and D. Caamano 10 Drag forces and flow resistance of flexible riparian vegetation A. Dittrich, J. Aberle and T. Schoneboom 11 Flow-biota interactions in aquatic systems: Scales, mechanisms, and challenges V. Nikora, S. Cameron, I. Albayrak, O. Miler, N. Nikora, F. Siniscalchi, M. Stewart and M. O'Hare PART 3 Small-scale phenomena 12 Interaction of flows and particles at sub-micrometer scales D. Chen and H. Huang 13 Environmental aspects of wastewater hydraulics W.H. Hager 14 Diffusive-type of double diffusion in lakes-a review A. Wuest, T. Sommer, M. Schmid and J.R. Carpenter PART 4 Jets and stratified flow 15 Multiple jet interaction in stagnant shallow water A.C.H. Lai and J.H.W. Lee 16 Evolution of turbulent jets in low-aspect ratio containers S.I. Voropayev, C. Nath and H.J.S. Fernando 17 Modelling internal solitary waves in shallow stratified fluids P.A. Davies and M. Carr PART 5 Gravity currents 18 Optical methods in the laboratory: An application to density currents over bedforms J. Ezequiel Martin, T. Sun and M.H. Garcia 19 Extinction of near-bed turbulence due to self-stratification in turbidity currents: The dependence on shear Reynolds number M.I. Cantero, S. Balachandar, A. Cantelli and G. Parker 20 Revisiting gravity currents and free shear flows J. Buhler and M. Princevac 21 On the effect of drag on the propagation of compositional gravity currents G. Constantinescu PART 6 Mass transfer 22 Gas transfer at water surfaces B. Jahne 23 Mass transfer from bubble swarms J.S. Gulliver 24 Modelling bacteria and trace metal fluxes in estuarine basins R.A. Falconer, B. Lin, W.B. Rauen, C.M. Stapleton and D. Kay