Advanced Turbulence Measurements and Simulations in River Flow Research: From Experimental Flume- and Field- Scale Experiments to Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)

Dear Colleagues,

The rigorous and appropriate analysis of the main statistical features associated with the most relevant turbulent water flow patterns in real-scale rivers is crucial in fluvial engineering. The experimental measurements (PIV, ADV) and Computational Fluid Dynamics (RANS, LES, V-LES) provide highly powerful support for such ecohydrodynamic forecasting processes; however, these very interesting hydrodynamic approaches require an extremely long sampling time and demand significant computing costs in large-scale riverine flows. In this Special Issue, environmental, hydraulics, river, and hydrodynamics scientists are invited to submit their contributions to advance turbulence measurements and simulations in river flow research, aiming at identifying novel approaches to optimize, in terms of both time and space costs, the prediction of the main turbulence structures and flow dynamics traits affecting both real water bodies and laboratory flumes, based on experimental analyses, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Machine Learning methodologies, novel devices for the measurement of water flow velocity profiles and cross-sectional distributions, and new and stimulating advanced theoretical approaches in the wide scientific field of river flow turbulence analysis.

Dr. Giuseppe Francesco Cesare Lama
Guest Editor

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