Ger, Ahmet Metin2020-06-292020-06-29201901300-34531300-3453https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12469/2972https://doi.org/10.18400/tekderg.467567https://search.trdizin.gov.tr/yayin/detay/403399The heated surface jet discharged into a bay which is connected to a larger body of water through a strait may experience bifurcation in the bay and stratification in the strait. The combined effects of bifurcation and stratification may lead to a substantially greater rise in temperature than the rise expected in case of unrestricted receiving body of water. In this study, the behavior of heated effluents discharged into bays with a restricted access to a large body of water is scrutinized experimentally by the help of a scaled physical model. Dimensional analysis leads to a new dimensionless parameter A(r), area restriction parameter, on which the difference between the excess temperatures at the inlet of the strait for restricted and free receiving mediums, Delta(Delta T/Delta T-0) is shown to be strongly dependent.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessHeated effluentsSurface jetsExcess heatArticle96759682630WOS:00049426200000710.18400/tekderg.4675672-s2.0-85083203976Q4Q4403399