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JOURNAL OF HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING-ASCE
Volume 127, Issue 11, Pages 949-958Publisher
ASCE-AMER SOC CIVIL ENGINEERS
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(2001)127:11(949)
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Three-dimensional finite-difference or finite-volume models of sinuous open channels (e.g., narrow rivers, estuaries, and reservoirs) generally require boundary-fitted grids and curvilinear flow solution. Cartesian models with square grid cells are simpler to apply, but require a larger number of cells, as the cell size is determined by cross-stream resolution. This paper presents a simplified curvilinear approach suitable for systems where the along-stream length scale is larger than the cross-stream scale. The curvilinear Navier-Stokes equations are manipulated so the left-hand side is identical to the Cartesian momentum equations. The right-hand side then consists of grid-stretching curvature terms. These terms are written as functions of a perturbation parameter, so the first-order curvilinear effects are obtained with the lowest-order perturbation terms. As the Cartesian equations' form is preserved, we can readily adapt a Cartesian model to this perturbation curvilinear approach by adding the small curvilinear terms as explicit momentum sources.
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