International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids Two-dimensional Dam Break Flow Simulation

Numerical modelling of shallow water flow in two dimensions is presented in this work with the results obtained in dam break tests. Free surface flow in channels can be described mathematically by the shallow-water system of equations. These equations have been discretized using an approach based on unstructured Delaunay triangles and applied to the simulation of two-dimensional dam break flows. A cell centred finite volume method based on Roe's approximate Riemann solver across the edges of the cells is presented and the results are compared for first- and second-order accuracy. Special treatment of the friction term has been adopted and will be described. The scheme is capable of handling complex flow domains as shown in the simulation corresponding to the test cases proposed, i.e. that of a dam break wave propagating into a 45° bend channel (UCL) and in a channel with a constriction (LNEC-IST). Comparisons of experimental and numerical results are shown.

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