3D model for prediction of flow profiles around bridges

KOCAMAN S., SEÇKİN G., Erduran K. S.

JOURNAL OF HYDRAULIC RESEARCH, cilt.48, sa.4, ss.521-525, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 48 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2010
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1080/00221686.2010.507340
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF HYDRAULIC RESEARCH
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.521-525
  • Çukurova Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Computational fluid dynamics models have become well established as tools for simulating free surface flow over a wide range of structures. This study is an assessment and comparison of the performance of a commercially available three-dimensional numerical software, which solves the Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations, to predict the free surface profiles from up-to downstream of four different bridge types with and without piers in a compound channel. The model results were compared with the available experimental data. Comparisons indicate that the model provides a reasonably good description of free surface profiles under both gradually and rapidly varied flow conditions in the bridge vicinity, respectively.