Numerical study of sand scour with a modified Eulerian model based on incipient motion theory |
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| Authors: | Qingqing Yuan Min Zhao Tong Ge |
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| Affiliation: | 1. State Key Laboratory of Ocean Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China;2. Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Ship and Deep-Sea Exploration, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China |
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| Abstract: | Application of the standard Eulerian model to simulations of sand scour results in unrealistic phenomena. Therefore, the present work develops a modified Eulerian model based on sand incipient motion theory. The modified model is applied for simulating a two-dimensional single vertical jet and a moving planar jet. The simulation results generally demonstrate fairly good agreement with published results of scour profiles and the velocity contours of the water and sand phases. In addition, equations to describe self-similar scour profiles for the moving planar jet cases are given. The results demonstrate that the modified model efficiently and accurately simulates the two-dimensional sand scour produced by jets, particularly for the moving jet cases. |
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| Keywords: | Eulerian model incipient motion theory moving planar jet cases sand scour vertical jet cases |
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