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A coupled model of submerged vegetation under oscillatory flow using Navier–Stokes equations
Maza, M.; Lara, J.L.; Losada, I.J. (2013). A coupled model of submerged vegetation under oscillatory flow using Navier–Stokes equations. Coast. Eng. 80: 16-34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2013.04.009
In: Coastal Engineering: An International Journal for Coastal, Harbour and Offshore Engineers. Elsevier: Amsterdam; Lausanne; New York; Oxford; Shannon; Tokyo. ISSN 0378-3839; e-ISSN 1872-7379, more
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Keywords
    Energy transfer > Energy dissipation > Wave dissipation
    Vegetation
    Marine/Coastal
Author keywords
    RANS model; Drag coefficient

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  • Maza, M.
  • Lara, J.L.
  • Losada, I.J.

Abstract
    >This work presents a new model for wave and submerged vegetation which couples the flow motion with the plant deformation. The IH-2VOF model is extended to solve the Reynolds Average Navier–Stokes equations including the presence of a vegetation field by means of a drag force. Turbulence is modeled using a ke equation which takes into account the effect of vegetation by an approximation of dispersive fluxes using the drag force produce by the plant. The plant motion is solved accounting for inertia, damping, restoring, gravitational, Froude–Krylov and hydrodynamic mass forces. The resulting model is validated with small and large-scale experiments with a high degree of accuracy for both no swaying and swaying plants. Two new formulations of the drag coefficient are provided extending the range of applicability of existing formulae to lower Reynolds number.

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