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JOURNAL OF FLUIDS AND STRUCTURES
Volume 63, Issue -, Pages 1-15Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2016.02.006
Keywords
Fluid-structure interaction; Navier-Stokes equations; Spectral modal element method; Direct numerical simulation
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- National Science Foundation [DMS-1115546, DMS-1318988, NSF/LEQSF(2010-13)-Track-2-LSU, ACI-1053575]
- Division Of Mathematical Sciences
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien [1318988] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (OAC)
- Direct For Computer & Info Scie & Enginr [1338051] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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This paper develops the virtual cylinder model (VCM) to simulate flows through vegetation canopies at low to medium high Reynolds numbers in wetlands. Using a combined Eulerian and Lagrangian approach, the VCM is capable of simulating the flow field around each vegetation stem (modeled as a cylinder) as well as a bulk of numerous stems in a fluid. Numerical results of flows through regularly and randomly arranged cylinders have been compared with direct numerical simulations. Good agreement has been achieved. This model maintains an excellent balance between accuracy and efficiency in modeling interactions between the fluid and vegetation stems. Simulation results demonstrate that this model is promising for investigating the hydrodynamics and vegetation resilience in wetlands that serve as a first line of defense against the sea level rise, storm impacts and coastal erosion. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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