sedInterFoam 1.0: a three-phase numerical model for sediment transport applications with free surfaces
<p>In this paper, an Eulerian two-phase flow model, sedFoam, is extended to include an air phase together with its water and sediment phases. The numerical model called sedInterFoam is implemented using the open-source library OpenFOAM. sedInterFoam includes the previous features of sedFoam fo...
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| Main Authors: | , , , , |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2025-03-01
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| Series: | Geoscientific Model Development |
| Online Access: | https://gmd.copernicus.org/articles/18/1561/2025/gmd-18-1561-2025.pdf |
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| Summary: | <p>In this paper, an Eulerian two-phase flow model, sedFoam, is extended to include an air phase together with its 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's implementation, mass conservation of sediment and fluid phases, and predictive capabilities and to demonstrate its potential in modeling a broader range of coastal applications with sediment transport dominated by surface waves.</p> |
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| ISSN: | 1991-959X 1991-9603 |