Bingchen Liang

BOTTOM SHEAR STRESS UNDER WAVE-CURRENT INTERACTION

The present work adopts the COHERENS-SWAN model developed by the first author through coupling three-dimensional hydrodynamic model (COHERENS) and third-generation wave model (SWAN). Inside the COHERENS-SWAN, the SWAN is regarded as a subroutine and the time- and space-varying current velocity and surface elevation are obtained from the COHERENS. Wave-enhanced bottom shear stress, wave induced surface mixing length and wave dependent surface drag coefficient have been introduced into the COHERENS. Secondly, as wave-enhanced bottom shear stress (“bottom shear stress” described as Bss sometimes in this article) is concerned, a modified bottom shear stress Grant and Madsen model which introduces random wave field is given and introduced to COHERENS-SWAN. COHERENS-SWAN is also adopted to simulate three-dimensional flow in the Yellow River Delta with wave-current co-existing. Four numerical experiments were given to study the effects of wave-current interaction on enhancing bottom shear stress. The simulated current velocities, wave height and wave period match well with field measurement data. The simulated significant wave height and wave period for the case with considering the effects of current can give better agreement with measurement data than the case without involving the effects of current. The introduction of random wave generates lower the bottom shear stress than the case without introducing it. There are obvious differences between bottom shear stress of two way interaction and one way interaction. Velocity field obtained by the COHERENS-SWAN is reasonable according to previous studies and measurements.

Numerical study of three-dimensional wave-induced longshore current's effects on sediment spreading of the Huanghe River mouth

A three-dimensional wave radiation stress is introduced into the hydrodynamic sediment coupled model COHERENS-SED, which has been developed through introducing wave-enhanced bottom shear stress, wave dependent surface drag coefficient, wave-induced surface mixing, SWAN, damping function of sediment on turbulence, sediment model and depth-dependent wave radiation stress to COHERENS. The COHERENS-SED is adopted to study the effects induced by wave-induced three-dimensional longshore current on suspended sediment spreading of the Huanghe River (Yellow River) mouth. Several different cases divided by setting different wave parameters of inputting boundary waves are carried out. The modeling results agree with measurement data. In terms of simulation results, it is easy to know that three-dimensional wave radiation stress plays an obvious role when inputting boundary wave height is stronger than 3 m. Moreover, wave direction also affects the sediment spreading rules of the mouth strongly too.

NUMERICAL STUDY OF WAVE EFFECTS ON SURFACE WIND STRESS AND SURFACE MIXING LENGTH BY THREE-DIMENSIONAL CIRCULATION MODELING*

The effects of waves on Surface Drag Coefficient (SDC) and surface mixing length were analyzed and discussed by carrying out three-dimensional current modeling for the Bohai Sea in the present work. A three-dimensional coupled hydrodynamical-ecological model for regional and shelf seas (COHERENS) incorporating the influences of wave-current interactions was coupled with the third-generation wave model swan taking into account time-varying currents. The effects of waves on currents were included in the SDC, surface mixing length and bottom drag coefficient. Firstly, the formulations in Donelan were incorporated into the COHERENS to account for wave-dependent SDC. In order to compare simulation results for the wave-dependent SDC, the simulation for wind-dependent SDC was also carried out. Second, Wave-Induced Surface Mixing Length (described as WISML sometimes in this paper) was incorporated into the COHERENS. Four numerical experiments were conducted to discuss the effects of two kinds of wave processes. Generally, the values of time series of current velocity and water surface elevation given by the simulation with all of the three wave processes have a good agreement with observed data. The existence of WISML changes obviously current vertical profiles and the existence of the wave dependent SDC modifies the current field of both top and bottom layers with the wind-dependent SDC.

Wave Climate Hindcasts for the Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea, and East China Sea

ABSTRACT Liang, B.; Liu, X.; Li, H.; Wu, Y., and Lee, D., 2016. Wave climate hindcasts for the Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea, and East China Sea. To investigate wave climate of the Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea, and East China Seas, the third-generation wave model Simulated Waves Nearshore (SWAN) is used to simulate waves for the period 1990 to 2011. The spatial resolution of BYECS wave modelling is 1′ in both longitude and latitude. The wind parameters used to simulate the waves are obtained from the Weather Research and Forecasting Model. The results are validated using observational data from seven measurement stations. The spatial distributions of the largest and mean significant wave height within the 22 year period are given, and the spatial distribution of the largest significant wave height of the four seasons is specified. Furthermore, significant wave height is analyzed under mean annual averaged wave conditions for all four seasons. As an example of the application of the hindcast wave data, further details of the wave parameters in Zhangjiapu are presented.

Theoretical analysis and experimental study of oxygen transfer under regular and non-breaking waves

The dissolved oxygen concentration is an important index of water quality, and the atmosphere is one of the important sources of the dissolved oxygen. In this paper, the mass conservation law and the dimensional analysis method are employed to study the oxygen transfer under regular and non-breaking waves, and a unified oxygen transfer coefficient equation is obtained with consideration of the effect of kinetic energy and wave period. An oxygen transfer experiment for the intermediate depth water wave is performed to measure the wave parameters and the dissolved oxygen concentration. The experimental data and the least squares method are used to determine the constant in the oxygen transfer coefficient equation. The experimental data and the previous reported data are also used to further validate the oxygen transfer coefficient, and the agreement is satisfactory. The unified equation shows that the oxygen transfer coefficient increases with the increase of a parameter coupled with the wave height and the wave length, but it decreases with the increase of the wave period, which has a much greater influence on the oxygen transfer coefficient than the coupled parameter.

Oxygen Transfer by Air Injection in Horizontal Pipe Flow

AbstractDissolved oxygen (DO) concentration is an important water quality parameter. This paper studies the increase of DO concentration in water by air injection into a horizontal pipe flow. A 3D computational fluid dynamics model was employed to compute the water and bubble mixture flow with a DO transport model. Experiments were also conducted to validate the mathematical model. A relative saturation coefficient relationship was developed with air bubble volume fraction and travel time. An oxygen absorption efficiency is defined, and its relationship with the inlet DO concentration, air bubble volume fraction, and travel time was discussed.

NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF WAVE-INDUCED CURRENT WITH VERTICALLY VARIED RADIATION STRESS

This article analyzes the vertical structure of the onshore current including the wave-induced current by an equation developed for the radiation stress against water depth. A coupled model COHERENS-SED is adopted to calculate the wave, tidal current, wave-induced current and sediment simultaneously. By applying the new model to Yangpu Bay, its reliability is verified. Then an ideal coastal domain is defined to simulate the nearshore current and wave setup with normal incident waves. The numerical and experimental results for the vertical structure show two undertows, also a visible setup in the surf zone. It demonstrates the importance of the radiation stress in wave-induced currents and mean water levels (set-up/down).

Sensitivity study of the effects of wave-induced vertical mixing on vertical exchange processes

The hydrodynamic model COHERENS-SED, developed by the present authors through introducing wave-enhanced bottom stress, wave dependent surface drag coefficient, wave-induced surface mixing, SWAN to COHERENS, is modified to account for wave-induced vertical mixing. The COHERENS-SED model can also be used for one-dimensional, two-dimensional, three-dimensional current and salinity calculations. One-dimensional model and three-dimensional model are used to study the effects of the wave-induced vertical mixing. The horizontal current velocity profiles obtained by the model are in good agreement with the analytical velocity profiles under the same input conditions. Numerical results show that higher wave height would generally generate larger vertical eddy viscosity and lower horizontal velocity. The results for fresh water in Yellow River Delta show that the wave-induced vertical mixing increases the momentum of fresh water transferring ability downwards to seabed and salt water’s mixing with upper fresh water. Fresh water flume length is compressed considerably.

Numerical modeling of local scour around hydraulic structure in sandy beds by dynamic mesh method

Local scour, a non-negligible factor in hydraulic engineering, endangers the safety of hydraulic structures. In this work, a numerical model for simulating local scour was constructed, based on the open source code computational fluid dynamics model OpenFOAM. We consider both the bedload and suspended load sediment transport in the scour model and adopt the dynamic mesh method to simulate the evolution of the bed elevation. We use the finite area method to project data between the three-dimensional flow model and the two-dimensional (2D) scour model. We also improved the 2D sand slide method and added it to the scour model to correct the bed bathymetry when the bed slope angle exceeds the angle of repose. Moreover, to validate our scour model, we conducted and compared the results of three experiments with those of the developed model. The validation results show that our developed model can reliably simulate local scour.

Experimental study of dissolved oxygen transport by regular waves through a perforated breakwater

The perforated breakwater is an environmentally friendly coastal structure, and dissolved oxygen concentration levels are an important index to denote water quality. In this paper, oxygen transport experiments with regular waves through a vertical perforated breakwater were conducted. The oxygen scavenger method was used to reduce the dissolved oxygen concentration of inner water body with the chemicals Na2SO3 and CoCl2. The dissolved oxygen concentration and wave parameters of 36 experimental scenarios were measured with different perforated arrangements and wave conditions. It was found that the oxygen transfer coefficient through wave surface, K1a1, is much lower than the oxygen transport coefficient through the perforated breakwater, K2a2. If the effect of K1a1 is not considered, the dissolved oxygen concentration computation for inner water body will not be greatly affected. Considering the effect of a permeable area ratio a, relative location parameter of perforations δ and wave period T, the aforementioned data of 30 experimental scenarios, the dimensional analysis and the least squares method were used to derive an equation of K2a2 (K2a2=0.0042a0.5δ0.2T-1). It was validated with 6 other experimental scenarios data, which indicates an approximate agreement. Therefore, this equation can be used to compute the DO concentration caused by the water transport through perforated breakwater.