Numerical modeling of bedform development in turbulent flows

ISBN-13: 9783659130809 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 140 str.

Quoc Y. Nguyen; John C. Wells

Opis

Development of river bedform under interactions with water flows is a complex process due to turbulence of the flow and continuous change of bed geometry. In this study, the problem was examined by numerical computations. Two latest advanced tools of Computational Fluid Mechanics, namely Large-Eddy-Simulation and Immersed-Boundary-Method, were employed. Flows were turbulent at low Reynolds number and treated in three-dimensions. Bed surfaces was treated as continuos medium rather than individual sediment particles. The results showed strong correlations between change of the bed surface and the shear tress applied by the flows. Development of bedform from initially flat bed to full-size sandwaves had been observed from the computations. Experimentally observed phenomena, such as development of ripple train, was also successfully reproduced.

O autorze

Dr. Nguyen Quoc Y obtained his PhD degree at Ritsumeican University (Japan) in 2008. He currently works at Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology in Vietnam. His research interests are in civil and environmental fluid mechanics by both computations and experiments.