Towards PR-DNS of scour around a wall-mounted cylinder in turbulent open channel flow

Fuente: arXiv
Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
Hauptverfasser: Bürk, Leo, Hermann, Artjom, Weyrauch, Markus, Uhlmann, Markus
Format: Preprint
Veröffentlicht: 2026
Schlagworte:
Online-Zugang:
Tags: Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!
_version_ 1866910139376730112
author Bürk, Leo
Hermann, Artjom
Weyrauch, Markus
Uhlmann, Markus
author_facet Bürk, Leo
Hermann, Artjom
Weyrauch, Markus
Uhlmann, Markus
contents Particle-resolved direct numerical simulation (PR-DNS) is performed for turbulent open channel flow over a smooth horizontal wall with a vertical cylinder and a dilute set of mobile, heavy, spherical particles. At the chosen parameter point (which matches a previous study without a cylinder) the particles are mostly translating in the horizontal plane while remaining in contact with the wall. It is shown that the presence of the cylinder leads to the generation of intense vortical structures, enhanced turbulence intensity in the wake region, and to strong modifications of the local wall shear stress. These cylinder-induced perturbations have direct consequences for the average particle concentration: preferential accumulation/depletion in different parts of the wake region occurs, while the wall-normal transport of particles (against gravity) is significantly enhanced. A second simulation which adds roughness elements on the wall reveals an additional effect upon the wall-normal distribution of particles. It turns out that the configuration with wall-roughness and a wall-mounted cylinder features the largest fraction of entrained particles, even far from the wall.
format Preprint
id arxiv_https___arxiv_org_abs_2604_15955
institution arXiv
publishDate 2026
record_format arxiv
spellingShingle Towards PR-DNS of scour around a wall-mounted cylinder in turbulent open channel flow
Bürk, Leo
Hermann, Artjom
Weyrauch, Markus
Uhlmann, Markus
Fluid Dynamics
Particle-resolved direct numerical simulation (PR-DNS) is performed for turbulent open channel flow over a smooth horizontal wall with a vertical cylinder and a dilute set of mobile, heavy, spherical particles. At the chosen parameter point (which matches a previous study without a cylinder) the particles are mostly translating in the horizontal plane while remaining in contact with the wall. It is shown that the presence of the cylinder leads to the generation of intense vortical structures, enhanced turbulence intensity in the wake region, and to strong modifications of the local wall shear stress. These cylinder-induced perturbations have direct consequences for the average particle concentration: preferential accumulation/depletion in different parts of the wake region occurs, while the wall-normal transport of particles (against gravity) is significantly enhanced. A second simulation which adds roughness elements on the wall reveals an additional effect upon the wall-normal distribution of particles. It turns out that the configuration with wall-roughness and a wall-mounted cylinder features the largest fraction of entrained particles, even far from the wall.
title Towards PR-DNS of scour around a wall-mounted cylinder in turbulent open channel flow
topic Fluid Dynamics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.15955