The subject of the thesis is concerned with the study of the turbulent spreading and the gravity spreading processes in surface jets and surface plumes influenced by the cross-flow. A total of five different discharge and cross-flow configurations were under investigation. They are, namely, (i) submerged jets in unconfined cross-flow, (ii) surface jets in deep and shallow cross-flows, (iii) surface plumes in deep cross-flow, (iv) full-depth jets in cross-flow and (v) full-depth plumes in cross-flow, reported in Chapters IV, V, VI, VII and VIII respectively. / The effect of the gravity stratification, the effect of the free water surface and the confined effect of the channel bottom on the spreading of the turbulent flows have been determined from control experiments. The experimental data have been correlated in a unified manner, using suitable scales and dimensionless parameters. They are also related to a general integral formulation, established for this type of problems. / The results of an extensive series of previous experimental investigations, of related problems of jets and plumes in cross-flow have been reanalysed and they are integrated into the various parts of the thesis to complement and confirm the present investigation. / On the whole, the thesis has succeeded in providing a general description of the turbulent spreading and the gravity spreading processes in flows of different discharge and cross-flow configurations.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.77099 |
| Date | January 1981 |
| Creators | Abdelwahed, Mohamed Samir Tosson. |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Doctor of Philosophy (Department of Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 000139117, proquestno: AAINK54724, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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