Numerical analysis of an averaged model of turbulent transport near a roughness layer

Authors

  • Dmitry Strunin University of Southern Queensland
  • Fadhel Jasim Mohammed University of Southern Queensland

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21914/anziamj.v53i0.5071

Keywords:

Centre manifolds, Turbulent boundary layer, roughness

Abstract

We formulate and numerically analyse the averaged model of dispersion in turbulent canopy flows. The averaging is carried out across the flow, for example over the river depth. To perform the averaging, we use the general approach suggested by Roberts and co-authors in the late 1980s, which is based on centre manifold theory. We derive an evolution partial differential equation for the depth averaged concentration, involving first, second and higher order derivatives with respect to the downstream coordinate. The coefficients of the equation are expressed in terms of parameters characterising the turbulent flow. Preliminary numerical results are demonstrated. In particular, it is shown that the advection and diffusion coefficients coincide with their values obtained earlier for the flow over a smooth bottom in the limit of large depths. References
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Author Biographies

Dmitry Strunin, University of Southern Queensland

Department of Mathematics and Computing, University of Southern Queensland

Fadhel Jasim Mohammed, University of Southern Queensland

A PhD student to the department of mathematics and computing.

Published

2012-05-25

Issue

Section

Proceedings Engineering Mathematics and Applications Conference