scholarly journals RANS MODELLING OF CROSS-SHORE SEDIMENT TRANSPORT AND MORPHODYNAMICS IN THE SWASH-ZONE

2020 ◽  
pp. 14
Author(s):  
Joost Kranenborg ◽  
Geert Campmans ◽  
Niels Jacobsen ◽  
Jebbe van der Werf ◽  
Robert McCall ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sediment Transport ◽  
Numerical Model ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Swash Zone ◽  
Rans Equations ◽  
Model Based ◽  
Numerical Studies ◽  
Reynolds Averaged Navier Stokes ◽  
Averaged Models

Most numerical studies of sediment transport in the swash zone use depth-averaged models. However, such models still have difficulty predicting transport rates and morphodynamics. Depth-resolving models could give detailed insight in swash processes but have mostly been limited to hydrodynamic predictions. We present a depth-resolving numerical model, based on the Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) equations, capable of modelling sediment transport and morphodynamics in the swash zone.Recorded Presentation from the vICCE (YouTube Link): https://youtu.be/PB8Vs0LJq88

scholarly journals Advances in Numerical Reynolds-Averaged Navier–Stokes Modelling of Wave-Structure-Seabed Interactions and Scour

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 611
Author(s):  
Pilar Díaz-Carrasco ◽  
Sergio Croquer ◽  
Vahid Tamimi ◽  
Jay Lacey ◽  
Sébastien Poncet
Keyword(s):  
Sediment Transport ◽  
Numerical Modelling ◽  
Review Paper ◽  
Fluid Phase ◽  
Wave Structure ◽  
Numerical Approach ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Future Prospects ◽  
Rans Equations ◽  
Reynolds Averaged Navier Stokes

This review paper presents the recent advances in the numerical modelling of wave–structure–seabed interactions. The processes that are involved in wave–structure interactions, which leads to sediment transport and scour effects, are summarized. Subsequently, the three most common approaches for modelling sediment transport that is induced by wave–structure interactions are described. The applicability of each numerical approach is also included with a summary of the most recent studies. These approaches are based on the Reynolds-Averaged Navier–Stokes (RANS) equations for the fluid phase, and mostly differ in how they tackle the seabed response. Finally, future prospects of research are discussed.

scholarly journals Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes equations with explicit data-driven Reynolds stress closure can be ill-conditioned

2019 ◽  
Vol 869 ◽  
pp. 553-586 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jinlong Wu ◽  
Heng Xiao ◽  
Rui Sun ◽  
Qiqi Wang
Keyword(s):  
Reynolds Stress ◽  
Condition Number ◽  
Stokes Equations ◽  
Plane Channel ◽  
Channel Flows ◽  
Data Driven ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Rans Equations ◽  
Reynolds Averaged Navier Stokes ◽  
Stress Models

Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes (RANS) simulations with turbulence closure models continue to play important roles in industrial flow simulations. However, the commonly used linear eddy-viscosity models are intrinsically unable to handle flows with non-equilibrium turbulence (e.g. flows with massive separation). Reynolds stress models, on the other hand, are plagued by their lack of robustness. Recent studies in plane channel flows found that even substituting Reynolds stresses with errors below 0.5 % from direct numerical simulation databases into RANS equations leads to velocities with large errors (up to 35 %). While such an observation may have only marginal relevance to traditional Reynolds stress models, it is disturbing for the recently emerging data-driven models that treat the Reynolds stress as an explicit source term in the RANS equations, as it suggests that the RANS equations with such models can be ill-conditioned. So far, a rigorous analysis of the condition of such models is still lacking. As such, in this work we propose a metric based on local condition number function for a priori evaluation of the conditioning of the RANS equations. We further show that the ill-conditioning cannot be explained by the global matrix condition number of the discretized RANS equations. Comprehensive numerical tests are performed on turbulent channel flows at various Reynolds numbers and additionally on two complex flows, i.e. flow over periodic hills, and flow in a square duct. Results suggest that the proposed metric can adequately explain observations in previous studies, i.e. deteriorated model conditioning with increasing Reynolds number and better conditioning of the implicit treatment of the Reynolds stress compared to the explicit treatment. This metric can play critical roles in the future development of data-driven turbulence models by enforcing the conditioning as a requirement on these models.

A Numerical Method for 3D Turbomachinery Aeroelasticity

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paola Cinnella ◽  
Emanuele Cappiello ◽  
Pietro De Palma ◽  
Michele Napolitano ◽  
Giuseppe Pascazio
Keyword(s):  
Rigid Body ◽  
Numerical Method ◽  
Integral Form ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Moving Grid ◽  
Time Step ◽  
Rans Equations ◽  
Standard Configuration ◽  
Reynolds Averaged Navier Stokes

This work provides an extension to 3D aeroelastic problems of a recently developed numerical method for turbomachinery aeroelasticity. The unsteady Euler or Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) equations are solved in integral form, the blade passages being discretised using a deforming grid. The grid is regenerated at each time step using a novel methodology, that automatically avoids grid lines overlapping and guarantees the smoothness of the regenerated mesh. Firstly, the method has been validated versus the 2D 4th Aeroelastic Turbine Standard Configuration. Both inviscid and viscous turbulent computations have been performed, and the results previously obtained usind a different moving grid strategy have been recovered. In order to prove the robustness of the proposed deforming grid methodology, the same case has also been computed with the blade under-going large torsion displacements, the regenerated grid always preserving a good smoothness. Then, the methodology has been validated versus the 3D 4th Standard Aeroelastic Configuration, that involves a rigid body blade motion. Finally, a more severe 3D configuration, involving a clamped-beam-like blade deformation, has been considered.

scholarly journals NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF DAM-BREAK FLOOD PROPAGATION AND ITS IMPLICATION TO SEDIMENT EROSION

2012 ◽  
Vol 1 (33) ◽  
pp. 7
Author(s):  
Hung-Chu Hsu ◽  
A. Torres-Freyermuth ◽  
Tian-Jian Hsu ◽  
Hwung-Hweng Hwung
Keyword(s):  
Free Surface ◽  
Sediment Transport ◽  
Numerical Model ◽  
Free Surface Flow ◽  
Surface Flow ◽  
Transport Processes ◽  
Dam Break ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Suspended Sediment Transport ◽  
Initial Stage

Regarding the hydrodynamics, within the past two decades it has become popular in numerical modeling of free-surface flow to adopt a Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes approach, where the volume of fluid (VOF) method is utilized to track the evolution of free-surface. However, this robust numerical model has not been widely applied to the study of sediment transport processes. In this study, we shall extend the numerical model to simulate suspended sediment transport and study the erosion pattern during the initial stage of the dam break flow. We also conducted a series of experiments in a horizontal channel of rectangular section and recorded the snap shots of surface profiles of a dam- break wave during the initial stage of dam-break. Measured data is utilized here to study the hydrodynamics and to validate the numerical model.

scholarly journals Validation of numerical model for cook stove using Reynolds averaged Navier-Stokes based solver

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md. Moinul Islam ◽  
Md. Abdullah Al Hasan ◽  
Md. Mominur Rahman ◽  
Md. Mashiur Rahaman
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Model ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Reynolds Averaged Navier Stokes

scholarly journals VIScous Vorticity Equation (VISVE) for Turbulent 2-D Flows with Variable Density and Viscosity

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Spyros A. Kinnas
Keyword(s):  
Variable Viscosity ◽  
Variable Density ◽  
Vorticity Equation ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Cavitating Flows ◽  
Rans Equations ◽  
Reynolds Averaged Navier Stokes

The general vorticity equation for turbulent compressible 2-D flows with variable viscosity is derived, based on the Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) equations, and simplified versions of it are presented in the case of turbulent or cavitating flows around 2-D hydrofoils.

scholarly journals NUMERICAL STUDY ON THE INFLUENCE OF INFILTRATION ON SWASH HYDRODYNAMICS AND SEDIMENT TRANSPORT IN THE SWASH ZONE

2017 ◽  
pp. 3
Author(s):  
Alejandro M. Hammeken ◽  
Richard R. Simons
Keyword(s):  
Sediment Transport ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Shear Stresses ◽  
Swash Zone ◽  
Depth Data ◽  
Run Up ◽  
Opposing Effects ◽  
Phase Stresses ◽  
Bed Shear Stresses

Infiltration and exfiltration processes have a significant influence on the hydrodynamics of the swash zone. Such processes need to be taken into account in the modelling of cross-shore sediment transport and the prediction of beach profile evolution. This paper presents a numerical study of the swash hydrodynamics using a 2D Volume-Averaged Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes model, which was calibrated and validated against new experimental data. The model was used to simulate wave run-up from regular waves over permeable and impermeable fixed slopes. Swash flow velocities and water depth data were obtained from the simulations and used to estimate bed shear stresses at three different locations on the beach slope. The results show that infiltration can have opposing effects on the bed shear stress when compared to equivalent swash on an impermeable slope. During the uprush phase, stresses are directly increased due to boundary layer thinning, whereas, during the backwash phase, there is a significant reduction of flow leading to a decrease in the bed shear stresses.

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