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    Vaikasas, Saulius; Stankevičius, Mindaugas

    Journal of environmental engineering and landscape management, 20/1/1/, Letnik: 12, Številka: 1
    Journal Article

    Physical modeling of sediment transport and morphology in rivers as well as wastewater dilution processes are closely related to the modeling of macro turbulent fluctuations. The physical modeling of hydraulic macro turbulent fluctuations is complicated and underestimated. The study of turbulent flow structure and verification as well as model calibration is required in this case. Some methods of model verification by means of kinematics and turbulent coefficients scaling α Ka , α x and α k are presented in the paper. Experience in hydraulic modeling of bed processes in the Neris and Nemunas rivers contributed to the viable results. As laboratory tests showed, after the scales of the Nemunas bed had been distorted 12 times, the turbulence of modeled flow increased causing 3 times more intensive wastewater dilution processes in a physical model of the Nemunas bed. When modeling the bed processes of the Neris in Vilnius in a hydraulic model with the scale distorted 6,7 times, it was determined that a more intensive turbulence caused a 25 % thinner bed soil layer and nearly 3 times higher velocity of vertical turbulent flow. This was considered when calculating the results obtained in a model into natural ones and when choosing proper means for designing riverbed hydraulic structures.