This case is a simulation of water flow over a dune. Two geometries were used: One from the University of Iowa, USA, and the other from the University of Auckland, New Zealand. The figures below shows the results from a run with the k-epsilon model on the dunes from Auckland. Data from the case was given by Coleman (2006).
Horizontal water velocity.
Vertical water velocity.
Pressure.
Turbulent eddy-viscosity.
Turbulent kinetic energy.
The research is being carried out in cooparation with Dr. Thorsten Stösser at Georgia Institute of Technology and Prof. Wolfgang Rodi at the University of Karlsruhe.
References:
Coleman, S. E., Nikora, V. I., McLean, S. R., Clunie, T. M., Svhlicke, T. and Melville, B. W. (2006) “Equilibrium hydrodynamics concept for developing dunes”, Physics of Fluids, Vol. 18. 105104.
This page was last updated: 5 December 2007