Resilient Infrastructure in a Changing Climate: A Focus on Scouring in Extreme Flood Events
Confirmation seminar presented by Saugat Shrestha
Sediment transport is a natural phenomenon observed in riverbeds. This process is very difficult to understand as it encompasses the coupling of two very complex subjects: sediment transport and fluid dynamics. Recently, a new numerical method has come into prominence, which is the coupling of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and Discrete Element Modelling (DEM). When CFD-DEM is coupled, it can inform about the fundamental mechanisms of the sediment transport process from the micro-mechanical perspective of sediment bed movement. In this project, the CFD-DEM coupling approach is explored to understand the sediment transport and scouring around bridge piers.
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