Vortex evolution within propeller induced scour hole around a vertical quay wall

• Main Authors: Wei, Maoxing, Cheng, Nian-Sheng, Chiew, Yee-Meng, Yang, Fengguang
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Engineering::Civil engineering; Propeller Jet; Confined Propeller Scour
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/142818
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper presents an experimental study on the characteristics of the propeller-induced flow field and its associated scour hole around a closed type quay (with a vertical quay wall). An "oblique particle image velocimetry" (OPIV) technique, which allows a concurrent measurement of the v...