OpenFOAM - Local scour around objects and structures
A typical
local scour model should have
three components: the flow field solver, the sediment transport solver,
and the bed surface movement component. For complex scour problems, our
group has been working on immersed boundary method, which can handle
the interaction between complex structure geometries and the deforming
bed. In our model, the deforming bed is
simulated as an immersed boundary.
- Example simulation: scour around a short horizontal cylinder sitting on a cradle