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Title: sedInterFoam 1.0: a three-phase numerical model for sediment transport applications with free surfaces
Abstract. In this paper, an Eulerian two-phase-flow model sedFoam is extended to include an air phase together with the water and sediment phases. The numerical model called sedInterFoam is implemented using the open source library OpenFOAM. SedInterFoam includes the previous features of sedFoam for sediment transport modeling and also solves the air/water interface using the volume of fluid method coupled with the waves2Foam toolbox for free surface wave generation and absorption. Using sedInterFoam, four test cases are successfully reproduced to validate the free-surface evolution algorithm implementation, mass conservation of sediment and fluid phases, predictive capabilities and demonstrate its potential in modelling a broader range of coastal applications with sediment transport dominated by surface waves.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
2050854
PAR ID:
10559943
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
EGU
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Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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