On a shallow water model for the simulation of turbidity currents

We present a model for hyperpycnal plumes or turbidity currents that takes into account the interaction between the turbidity current and the bottom, considering deposition and erosion effects as well as solid transport of particles at the bed load due to the current. Water entrainment from the ambi...

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Autores: Morales de Luna, Tomás, Castro Díaz, Manuel Jesús, Parés Madroñal, Carlos, Fernández Nieto, Enrique Domingo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión enviada para evaluación y publicación
Fecha de publicación:2009
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/32102
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11441/32102
https://doi.org/10.4208/cicp.2009.v6.p848
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Turbidity currents
Hyperbolic systems
Finite Volume Methods
Path-conservative scheme
Numerical modeling
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Sumario:We present a model for hyperpycnal plumes or turbidity currents that takes into account the interaction between the turbidity current and the bottom, considering deposition and erosion effects as well as solid transport of particles at the bed load due to the current. Water entrainment from the ambient water in which the turbidity current plunges is also considered. Motion of ambient water is neglected and the rigid lid assumption is considered. The model is obtained as a depth-average system of equations under the shallow water hypothesis describing the balance of fluid mass, sediment mass and mean ow. The character of the system is analyzed and numerical simulations are carried out using finite volume schemes and path-conservative Roe schemes.