Principal Investigator:
1) Markus Uhlmann, 2) Marco Mazzuoli
, 1) Karlsruhe Institute of Technology/KIT (Germany), 2) University of Genoa (Italy)
HPC Platform used:
SuperMUC (LRZ)
Local Project ID:
pr87yo
Open channel flow can be considered as a convenient "laboratory" for investigating the physics of the flow in rivers. One open questions in this field is related to the influence of a rough boundary (i.e. the sediment bed) upon the hydraulic properties, which to date is still unsatisfactorily modelled by common engineering-type formulae. The present project aims to provide the basis for enhanced models by generating high-fidelity data of shallow flow over a bed roughened with spherical elements in the fully rough regime. In particular, the influence of the roughness Reynolds number and of the spatial roughness arrangement upon the turbulent channel flow structure is being studied.
