Shear Stress Distribution in Partially Filled Pipes
Publication: Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
Volume 129, Issue 9
Abstract
Boundary shear stresses have been calculated for circular pipes with a flat sediment bed using computational fluid dynamics (CFD). First of all, CFD simulations were carried out for rectangular channels in order to check the software package for its ability to reproduce experimental (literature) results. The influence of the applied turbulence model (isotropic or anisotropic) was also studied for rectangular channels. The simulations for circular pipes, using an isotropic turbulence model, were done for different filling ratios, mean flow velocities, and roughness heights. For validation, the numerical results were compared with former experimental work. With the help of the detailed shear stress distribution, sediment transport can be calculated more accurately than using the global shear stress, as is traditionally done. This method was applied to a simple flume experiment, subjected to a triangular inflow hydrograph, and the comparison with the traditional approach was made.
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Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
Volume 129 • Issue 9 • September 2003
Pages: 697 - 705
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Copyright © 2003 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: Oct 29, 2001
Accepted: Feb 21, 2003
Published online: Aug 15, 2003
Published in print: Sep 2003
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