ISSN:
0271-2091
Keywords:
turbulence modelling
;
eddy viscosity
;
second-moment closure
;
tidal flows
;
finite volume
;
Engineering
;
Numerical Methods and Modeling
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
Notes:
This paper employs one-point, linear eddy viscosity and differential second-moment (DSM) turbulence closures to predict the turbulent characteristics of both rectilinear and circular tidal flows. The numerical scheme is based on a finite volume approach applied to a non-staggered grid such that all flow variables are stored at one and the same set of nodes. Numerical stability is maintained through the implementation of apparent viscosities and source term linearization, which are essential if eddy viscosity terms are absent. A stable algorithm is devised for the Reynolds stresses which includes a non-linear velocity smoothing in order to stabilise the numerical scheme during flow reversal and relaminarization. Favourable agreement with the experimental rectilinear tidal data of Schröder (Tech. Rep. GK55 87/E/16, GKSS-Forshungszentrum Geesthacht, 1983) and McClean (Turbulence and Sediment Transport Measurements in a North Sea Tidal Inlet (the Jade), Springer, New York, 1987, p. 436) is reported. Numerical calculations of circular tidal flows are also presented which were motivated by the preliminary investigations of Davies and Jones (Int. j. numer. meth. fluids,12, 17 (1991)) and Davies (Continental Shelf. Res., 11, 1313 (1991)), who employed the one-equation, k-l, eddy viscosity turbulence model to simulate rectilinear and circular tidal flows. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Additional Material:
9 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
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