Project

Development of a 3D numerical model with adaptive grid for the prediction of free-forming meanders in a river

Code

3G033007

Duration

01 January 2007 → 30 December 2012

Funding

Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)

Promotor

Peter Troch

Research disciplines

Natural sciences
- Geology
Engineering and technology
- Construction engineering
- Earthquake engineering
- Geotechnical and environmental engineering
- Water engineering
- Wind engineering
- Marine engineering

Keywords

sediment transport computational fluid dynamics (CFD) open channel hydraulics river morphology

Project description

Natural rivers in a flat plain usually follow a meandering path, that migrates both in lateral and downward directions. In this proposal an original methodology for the numerical modelling of the formation and migration of a meandering river is presented, with particular attention for the implementation of an adaptive grid to follow the dynamic adjustments of the riverbed in plan form.