Sudden Expansion

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Experimental Setup

The flume experiment consisted of a rectangular section with a sudden expansion. The experiment parameters are shown in Table 1.

Table 1. General Settings for Flow over a Bump

Parameter	Value
Discharge	x m^3/s
Downstream water level	x m
Bottom friction	0.02

Model Setup

Figure 1. Computational grid.

The computational domain is 25 m long and has a constant grid resolution of 0.1 m. A flux boundary condition is specified at the inflow boundary and a constant water level boundary condition is applied to the downstream boundary. An adaptive time between 0.1-10 seconds is applied.

Results

Figure 2. Comparison of analytical and calculated water surface elevations and bed elevations.

A comparison between the analytical solution for water levels is compared to the calculated water levels in Figure 2. As shown in the goodness of fit statistics, the model results agree well with the analytical solution. The minimum water level is captured well, however there is a small shift in the location of the water level drop over the bump toward the downstream direction.

Table 2. Goodness of fit statistics for the water elevation

Statistic	Value
RMSE	0.0074 m
RMAE	0.0068 m
R^2	0.991
Bias	0.0017 m

References

• Caleffi, V., Valiani, A., and Zanni, A. (2003). "Finite volume method for simulating extreme flood events in naturalchannels," Journal of Hydraulic Research, 41(2), 167-177.

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