Incorporating grain-scale processes in macroscopic sediment transport models: a review and perspectives for environmental and geophysical applications

B Vowinckel - Acta Mechanica, 2021 - Springer
Sediment transport simulations face the challenge of accounting for vastly different scales in
space and time that cannot be tackled by a unifying approach. Instead, processes are …

A review of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) methodology and analysis on airflow and sand transport over aeolian landforms

Q Zong, X Wu - Catena, 2024 - Elsevier
Relationships and feedback between airflow dynamics, sand transport and underlying
surface characteristics play significant roles in the formation and evolution of aeolian …

[HTML][HTML] Particle-resolved direct numerical simulation of the oscillatory flow and sediment motion over a rippled bed

M Mazzuoli, P Blondeaux, G Vittori - International Journal of Multiphase …, 2024 - Elsevier
The flow field and the sediment motion generated over a rippled bed by a uniform and
oscillating pressure gradient are evaluated by means of a direct numerical simulation of …

Direct numerical simulation of transverse ripples: 1. Pattern initiation and bedform interactions

N Zgheib, JJ Fedele, D Hoyal… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
We present results of coupled direct numerical simulations between flow and a deformable
bed in a horizontally periodic, turbulent open channel at a shear Reynolds number of Re τ …

Turbulent flow structure associated with collision between laterally offset, fixed‐bed barchan dunes

NR Bristow, G Blois, JL Best… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Barchan dunes are three‐dimensional, crescent‐shaped bedforms found in regions of
unidirectional flow and limited sediment supply, and while most commonly associated with …

The role of bed-penetrating Kelvin–Helmholtz vortices on local and instantaneous bedload sediment transport

L Guan, JS Salinas, N Zgheib… - Journal of Fluid …, 2021 - cambridge.org
We present results from open-channel, Euler–Lagrange (EL) simulations of turbulent flow
over an erodible particle bed at a shear Reynolds number of. Upon space and time …

Direct numerical simulation of transverse ripples: 2. Self‐similarity, bedform coarsening, and effect of neighboring structures

N Zgheib, JJ Fedele, D Hoyal… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Coupled bed‐flow direct numerical simulations investigating the early stages of pattern
formation and bedform (ripple) interactions were examined in a previous paper (Part 1) …

Sensitivity analysis of frost deposition in turbulent flow over a cold plate using direct numerical simulation

M Farzaneh, N Zgheib, SA Sherif… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
We use a recently-developed, turbulence-informed physics-based model to study frost
buildup over a flat plate subjected to turbulent flow. The plate temperature is held fixed but …

High‐resolution Large Eddy Simulations of vortex dynamics over ripple defects under oscillatory flow

C Jin, G Coco, RO Tinoco, P Ranjan… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
We carried out high‐resolution Large Eddy Simulations to study the three‐dimensional
hydrodynamic characteristics over regular and irregular wave‐generated ripples. Two types …

Stability of the interaction between two sand dunes in an idealized laboratory experiment

KA Bacik, CP Caulfield, NM Vriend - Physical Review Letters, 2021 - APS
Sand dunes, which arise spontaneously due to the dynamical interplay between a
sedimentary interface and a fluid flow, are one of the most famous examples of emergence …