moving boundaries in earthscapes
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Moving Boundaries in EarthscapesDamien T. Kawakami, V.R. Voller, C. Paola, G. Parker, J. B. Swenson
NSF-STC
www.nced.umn.edu
1km
Examples of Sediment Fans
How does sediment-basement interfaceevolve
Badwater Deathvalley
An Ocean Basin
How does shoreline respond to changes in sea level and sediment flux
Sediment mass balance gives
Sediment transported and deposited over fan surfaceby fluvial processes
xxt
From a momentum balance anddrag law it can be shown thatthe diffusion coefficient is a function of a drag coefficientand the bed shear stress
when flow is channelized = cont.
when flow is “sheet flow”diffusion will be non-linear Conic shaped Fan A first order approx. analysis indicates 1/r r radial distance from source
Convex shape
An Ocean Basin
How does shoreline respond to changes in sea level and sediment flux
A large Scale Experiment by Paola and Parker at SAFL has addressed this problem
“Jurassic Tank”
~1m
Computer controlled subsidence
xxt
How does shore line move in response to sea-level changesSwenson et al can be posed as a generalized Stefan Problem
Base level
Measured and Numerical results ( calculated from 1st principles)
Numerical Solution1-D finite difference deforming grid
The Desert Fan Problem -- A 2D Problem
xxt )t,s(,0x s
A Stefan problem with zero Latent Heat
A two-dimensional version (experiment)
• Water tight basin filled with sand– First layer: gravel to allow
easy drainage– Second layer: F110 sand
with a slope ~5º.• Water and sand poured in
corner plate
• Sand type: Sil-Co-Sil at ~45 mm
• Water feed rate: ~460 cm3/min
• Sediment feed rate: ~37 cm3/min
The Numerical Method-Explicit, Fixed Grid, Up wind Finite Difference VOF like scheme
Flux out of toe elements =0Until Sediment height >Downstream basement
fill point
P
)qq(tout2P
newP in
E
The Toe Treatment
EPq
Square grid placed onbasement
At end of each time stepRedistribution scheme is requiredTo ensure that no “downstream” covered areas are higher
r
.05 grid sizeDetermine height at fillPosition of toe
• Pictures taken every half hour– Toe front recorded
• Peak height measure every half hour
• Grid of squares 10cm x 10cm
Experimental Measurements
Observations (1)• Topography
– Conic rather than convex– Slope nearly linear across position and time – bell-curve shaped toe
Observations (2)• Three regions of flow
– Sheet flow– Large channel flow– Small channel flow
• Continual bifurcation governed by shear stress
Numerical results
Constant diffusion model @ t=360min
= 4.7
as a function of radius @ t=360min
=170/r, wherer=[(iDx)2+(jDy)2]1/2
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Diffusion chosen to match toe position
constant nu comparison
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Toe Position constant model
Nu(r) comparison
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Toe Position r model
peak heigh vs. time
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peak height vs. time
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Constantr-model
Non-Linear Diffusion model shows promise
Moving Boundaries in Earthscapes
A number of moving boundary problems in sedimentary geology have beenidentified.
It has been shown that these problems can be posed as Generalized Stefan problems
Fixed grid and deforming grid schemes have been shown to produce results inReasonable agreement with experiments
Improvements in model are needed
Utilize full range of moving boundary numerical technologies to arrive at a suite of methods with geological application
Use large scale general purpose solution packages