This paper provides comparisons between experimental data and numerical results
for impulsively started flows in a three-dimensional rectangular lid-driven cavity of
aspect ratio 1:1:2 at Reynolds number 1000. The initial evolution of this flow is
studied up to the dimensionless time t = 12 and is found both experimentally and
numerically to exhibit high sensitivity to geometrical perturbations. Three different
flow developments generated by very small changes in the boundary geometry are
found in the experiments and are reproduced by the numerics. This indicates that even
at moderate Reynolds numbers the predictability of three-dimensional incompressible
viscous flows in bounded regions requires controlling the shape of the boundary and
the values of the boundary conditions more carefully than needed in two dimensions.
International audienceThe kinematics of hydrodynamic turbulent flows developed in vertical slot fishways (VSF) was studied in detail in flow patterns not yet published to date for the purposes of modifying existing devices and to allow for the passage of all fishes, particularly the smaller species. A transparent device based on the typical prototype dimensions of VSF in France was constructed for the experiment. The velocity measurements were carried out by Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV). These measurements were used to determine the various kinematics parameters characterizing the flow. From the dimensions and slope of the fishway, two flow topologies highlighting the swirling pattern were proposed. The method of Proper Orthogonal Decomposition (POD) was used to undertake unsteady and energetic analyses to characterize the main phases of flow evolution that fish passing through the passage may encounter
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