Multi-block lattice Boltzmann simulations of subcritical flow in open channel junctions

Abstract A two-dimensional lattice Boltzmann model (LBM) for subcritical flows in open channel junctions is developed. Shallow water equations coupled with the large eddy simulation model is numerically simulated by the lattice Boltzmann method, so that the turbulence, caused by the combination of the main channel and tributary flows, can be taken into account and modeled efficiently. In order to obtain more detailed and accurate results, a multi-block lattice scheme is designed and applied at the area of combining flows. The model is first verified by experimental data for a 90 ° junction flow, then is used to investigate the effect of the junction angle on flow characteristics, such as velocity field, water depth and separation zone. The objectives of this study are to validate the two-dimensional LBM in junction flow simulation and compare the results with available experimental data and classical analytical solutions in the separation zone.

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