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JOURNAL OF HYDRAULIC RESEARCH
Volume 61, Issue 5, Pages 651-667Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/00221686.2023.2246925
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Air entrainment; buoyancy modification; CFD; free overflow weirs; free surface flows; turbulence damping
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In this study, different interfacial turbulence treatment methods were compared and it was found that both the SGDH model and the turbulence damping model can effectively improve turbulence production in free surface waves compared to the standard k-ε model. However, the SGDH model augmented turbulence kinetic energy (TKE) in the unstable stratification, leading to unphysical behavior in partially dispersed and separated flow regimes.
The modelling of complex free surface flows is challenging due to the mobility and deformability of the interface and air entrainment characteristics, which are highly affected by turbulence. With the framework of Reynolds averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) models and the volume of fluid (VOF) method, turbulence quantities at the air-water interface tend to be over-estimated. In this study, interfacial turbulence treatment methods including the buoyancy modification model based on the simple gradient diffusion hypothesis (SGDH) and Egorov's turbulence damping model are investigated. Furthermore, due to the unconditionally unstable characteristics of the standard k-& epsilon; turbulence model, the stabilized k-& epsilon; turbulence model is applied as a comparison. The turbulence attenuation performance using different interfacial turbulence treatment methods in the vicinity of the interface is compared and discussed for stratified flows and free overflow weirs for aerated and non-aerated nappe scenarios. The turbulence quantities and free surface profile under different flow conditions are validated against experimental data and an analytical model. The results show that for free surface waves, both the SGDH model and the turbulence damping model give strong improvements in turbulence production compared with the standard k-& epsilon; model. The SGDH model augments the turbulence kinetic energy (TKE) in the unstable stratification, leading to unphysical behaviour for the partially dispersed and separated flow.
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