Modeling time development of scour and backfilling processes for offshore structures using CFD
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by Rohit Kulkarni, Engineer Advisor - IMDC
This poster presents an improved CFD method in OpenFOAM to model scour hole development and backfilling more efficiently. It allows study of time development of scour for various structures, flow conditions, and sediment types by accelerating computation techniques in CFD. The approach allows for the design of cost-effective scour protection by providing better insight into temporal scour evolution. Results for time development of scour around a vertical pile under currents until equilibrium and wave-induced backfilling are validated against physical tests.
