Longitudinal dispersion due to the boundary layer in an oscillatory current: Theoretical analysis in the case of an instantaneous line source |
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| Authors: | Hidekazu Yasuda |
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| Institution: | 1. Government Industrial Research Institute, Chugoku. 15000 Hiro-machi, 737-01, Kure, Japan
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| Abstract: | The longitudinal dispersion effect due to the boundary layer formed by a tidal oscillatory current is examined theoretically. This analysis reveals the process whereby the dispersion coefficient becomes steady after the release of the diffusing substance. Though the dispersion due to an oscillatory current has so far been investigated mostly in the case of a linear velocity profile, the following result was found by taking account of the boundary layer in the oscillatory current. The depth-averaged dispersion coefficient for the case of a current having a boundary layer can be a few times larger than in the case of a linear velocity profile when the characteristic mixing time is long; the phase lead in the boundary layer induces nearly 20 percent of the longitudinal dispersion effect. |
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