Author(s): H. Chanson

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Keywords: Air entrainment; compressibility effects; high-velocity flows; air bubble diffusion; mixing layer; scale effects

Abstract: Compressibility of high-velocity air-water flow is an important issue relevant to the design of high-velocity spillways. In this note, the re-analysis of existing model and prototype data suggests that transonic and supersonic flow conditions were achieved in a number of studies. The results imply that, in free-surface flows, compressibility effects have little impact neither on the air bubble diffusion process nor on the mixing layer characteristics.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00221686.2004.9728384

Year: 2004