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Numerical simulation of an estuarine front using an unstructured grid model
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| Title: | Numerical simulation of an estuarine front using an unstructured grid model |
| Authors: | Shen, Jian
Sisson, Mac |
| Keywords: | Computational hydraulics
Coastal hydrodynamics |
| Issue Date: | 12-Sep-2006 |
| Publisher: | Michael Piasecki and College of Engineering, Drexel University |
| Citation: | Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Hydroscience and Engineering, Philadelphia, PA, September 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1860/732 |
| Abstract: | A system of 3 tidal intrusion fronts persists in a small area off Newport News Point during the early
phase of flood tide in the lower James River Estuary, one of the tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay.
The two smaller fronts result from the existing flows over the flats that plunge into the deep channel
at the western end of Newport News Point and the deep basin to the southwest, respectively. The
third front results from the advancing flood current along Newport News Channel. The horizontal
scale for the frontal development is about 3 km. To simulate the frontal system, a numerical model
using a fine-resolution grid is required. In this study, we used the Unstructured Tidal, Residual
Intertidal, and Mudflat (UnTRIM) model to simulate the frontal system. A high-resolution
unstructured grid was used over the region of the frontal system and coarser grid cells were used in
other areas. Model results show that this unstructured grid model can simulate the stratificationdestratification
processes in the estuary, which play an important role in the variation of the strength
of the frontal system. The model successfully simulates the circulation pattern of the estuary and the
evolution of frontal system. The results demonstrate that the unstructured grid model is capable of
simulating such small-scale estuary frontal systems. |
| Description: | Paper presented at The Seventh International Conference on HydroScience and Engineering (ICHE) hosted by the College of Engineering at Drexel Univeristy on September 10-13, 2006 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The conference theme was IT in the Field of HydroSciences. It included several mini-symposia that emphasized IT topics in HydroSciences and the yearly meeting of the metadata group of the International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange organization. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1860/1399 |
| ISBN: | 0977447405 |
| Appears in Collections: | Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on HydroScience and Engineering (ICHE 2006) [ISBN: 0977447405]
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