Applying of depth-averaged hydrodynamic modeling with different methods of turbulence closure for flow near channel groyne. Part I – hydrodynamic background

West Pomeranian University of Technology, Civil Engineering and Architecture Faculty, Al. Piastow 50, 70-311 Szczecin, Poland

^* Corresponding author: rewertowski@zut.edu.pl

Abstract

Training structures in flow stream play an important role in shaping flow and bed properties. Planning to introduce such training elements like groins or dikes into the river stream one need to know consequences they may introduce into flow field and bed shear stresses. These consequences can be investigated by laboratory experiments on hydraulic models or by numerical modelling using hydrodynamic simulation models. In the paper the second possibility is exploited by applying two-dimensional depth-averaged model for straight rectangular channel with a groyne. This paper contains the first part of the research results and it describes hydrodynamic background of the flow phenomenon, concentrating on hydrodynamic equations for depth-averaged flow, types of eddy viscosity method used and kind of boundary conditions applied. Based on the hydrodynamic descriptions, different simulation experiments have been conducted for the flow problem and the whole analysis of simulation results for flow in channel near groyne is contained in the second part of the research activity (Part II = Analysis of simulation).