High resolution 3D numerical modeling of turbulent flows in natural streams

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Abstract

A versatile numerical model, the Virtual StreamLab, for carrying out high-resolution simulations of turbulent flows in natural streams is developed in this paper. The model is based on the curvilinear immersed boundary (CURVIB) method and features an efficient fractional step solver which is parallelized to enable highly-resolved simulations of real-life hydraulic engineering flows. The potential of the method is demonstrated by employing it to carry out large-eddy simulation of turbulent flow in the meandering stream currently installed in the St. Anthony falls Laboratory Outdoor StreamLab at University of Minnesota, MN, USA.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationEnvironmental Hydraulics - Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Environmental Hydraulics
PublisherTaylor and Francis - Balkema
Pages943-948
Number of pages6
ISBN (Print)9780415595469
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010
Event6th International Symposium on Environmental Hydraulics - Athens, Greece
Duration: Jun 23 2010Jun 25 2010

Publication series

NameEnvironmental Hydraulics - Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Environmental Hydraulics
Volume2

Other

Other6th International Symposium on Environmental Hydraulics
Country/TerritoryGreece
CityAthens
Period6/23/106/25/10

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