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Converged stepped spillway models in OpenFOAM

Master of Science / Department of Computing and Information Sciences / Mitchell L. Neilsen / The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is currently researching the effectiveness of various earth dam designs and their ability to prevent erosion. This report utilizes experimental results from the USDA experimental hydraulic engineering research unit to develop computational fluid dynamics models using OpenFOAM. Several variations of smooth and stepped dam models are created and analyzed with OpenFOAM on multiple cores using Message Passing Interface. In this report, seven dam designs are analyzed to extract flow velocities and pressures and animations. This data and OpenFOAM models are helpful for determining potential erosion conditions.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:KSU/oai:krex.k-state.edu:2097/17611
Date January 1900
CreatorsSweeney, Brian P.
PublisherKansas State University
Source SetsK-State Research Exchange
Languageen_US
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeReport

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