Large-eddy simulation of the Mississippi River under base-flow condition: hydrodynamics of a natural diffluence-confluence region

TB Le, A Khosronejad, F Sotiropoulos… - Journal of Hydraulic …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
We conduct large-eddy simulation (LES) to investigate the turbulent flow in a 3.2 km long
reach of the Mississippi River. The digital elevation model of the study reach was …

Data‐Driven Prediction of Turbulent Flow Statistics Past Bridge Piers in Large‐Scale Rivers Using Convolutional Neural Networks

Z Zhang, K Flora, S Kang, AB Limaye… - Water Resources …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Prediction of statistical properties of the turbulent flow in large‐scale rivers is essential for
river flow analysis. The large‐eddy simulation (LES) provides a powerful tool for such …

Predicting near-term, out-of-sample fish passage, guidance, and movement across diverse river environments by cognitively relating momentary behavioral decisions …

RA Goodwin, YG Lai, DE Taflin, DL Smith… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Predicting the behavior of individuals acting under their own motivation is a challenge
shared across multiple scientific fields, from economic to ecological systems. In rivers, fish …

Turbulent flow characteristics around a non-submerged rectangular obstacle on the side of an open channel

SK Kang, A Khosronejad, X Yang - Physics of Fluids, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
The three-dimensional flow structure and turbulence characteristics around a non-
submerged rectangular obstacle in an open channel are explored using numerical …

Effect of inlet turbulent boundary conditions on scour predictions of coupled LES and morphodynamics in a field-scale river: Bankfull flow conditions

A Khosronejad, K Flora, S Kang - Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 2020 - ascelibrary.org
This paper presents a systematic numerical investigation to study the effects of inlet turbulent
boundary conditions on the coupled hydrodynamics and morphodynamics computations of …

On the morphodynamics of a wide class of large‐scale meandering rivers: insights gained by coupling LES with sediment‐dynamics

A Khosronejad, AB Limaye, Z Zhang… - Journal of Advances …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In meandering rivers, interactions between flow, sediment transport, and bed topography
affect diverse processes, including bedform development and channel migration. Predicting …

A fully 3-D numerical model to predict flood wave propagation and assess efficiency of flood protection measures

DH Munoz, G Constantinescu - Advances in Water Resources, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper discusses development and validation of a 3-D, non-hydrostatic, Reynolds-
Averaged Navier–Stokes (RANS) model using the Volume of Fluid (VOF) approach to …

Assessment of Parshall flumes for discharge measurement of open-channel flows: A comparative numerical and field case study

A Khosronejad, W Herb, F Sotiropoulos, S Kang… - Measurement, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper presents a series of numerical and field studies to examine the accuracy of two
field-scale Parshall flumes, which are employed to measure the flow rate of a wastewater …

Predictive capability of the logarithmic law for roughness-modeled large-eddy simulation of turbulent channel flows with rough walls

S Li, X Yang, Y Lv - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Direct numerical simulation (DNS) and large-eddy simulation (LES) resolving roughness
elements are computationally expensive. LES employing the logarithmic law as the wall …

Grid-dependence study for simulating propeller crashback using large-eddy simulation with immersed boundary method

F Liao, X Yang, S Wang, G He - Ocean Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
Simulating the flow around a propeller using large-eddy simulation (LES) with the immersed
boundary (IB) method is challenging and computationally expensive. In this work, we carry …