Brief Analysis of Shallow Water Equations Suitability to Numerically Simulate Supercritical Flow in Sharp Bends
Publication: Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
Volume 131, Issue 10
Abstract
This work deals with the suitability of two-dimensional shallow water equations for the numerical simulation of supercritical free surface flows in bends, when the usual hypothesis of small width/curvature radius ratio does not hold. Here, a very reliable and accurate finite-volume, Godunov-type scheme is adopted for the numerical integration of the governing equations. Comparison with a selected set of experimental laboratory data and asymptotic analytical solutions shows that several aspects concerning the physics of the phenomenon are well reproduced, such as the blocking of the stream when the Froude number of the undisturbed flow is not large enough and the bend is sufficiently sharp, while maximum water depth in the bend is systematically underestimated.
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Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
Volume 131 • Issue 10 • October 2005
Pages: 912 - 916
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Received: Dec 8, 2003
Accepted: Dec 20, 2004
Published online: Oct 1, 2005
Published in print: Oct 2005
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