Author(s)

J. Versteegh

Abstract

A description is given of a combination of a bathymetric data processing system and a 3-D mathematical flow model wich together are used as a numerical flume. With such a system fluid dynamics experiments for engineering and/or educational purposes can be performed on a ordinary PC. 1 Introduction This article describes a general purpose "numerical flume", consisting of a combination of a 3-D numerical flow model and a grid-based bathymetric data handling system. This experimental tool has been developed over a number of years in an engineering environment and should give a fair impression of what is needed in practical engineering and educational application of such an experimental facility. In a numerical flume experiment the experimenter has full and easy control over the model parameters. Although it might be a problem to model reality

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