3d Numerical Simulation of Flow Structure in Confluence River

Confluence zones in rivers are common occurrence in natural rivers, and its flow structure, especially secondary flow, has much impact on sediment transport and pollutant dispersion in confluence region. Flume experiment studies have proved the variation of separation zone from the water surface to the bottom, but there are little numerical simulation studies on the scale of separation zone. As the developing of computational fluid dynamics, there are several models to simulate the turbulence properties in the river. This paper uses the standard k-e, RNG k-e and RSM turbulence model to simulate the secondary flow and separation zone in the confluence river, and compared the results with the experiment data quantification ally.