Abstract
Lock-exchange gravity current flows produced by the instantaneous release of a heavy fluid are investigated by means of high-resolution two-dimensional (2D) large-eddy simulation (LES) using a dynamic subgrid scale model for Grashof numbers (Gr) up to 1012 . The model is validated using 2D direct numerical simulation results for the classical lock-exchange gravity current flow in an infinite channel with no-slip walls. Then the model is applied to study lock-exchange flows for the case in which the heavier (lock) fluid is initially situated in between a vertical end wall and the lock barrier. Three cases with different aspect ratios of the initial lock fluid are considered for Grashof numbers of the order of 109 – 1010 . It is found that 2D LES is able to capture most of the physics observed in experiments including the evolution of the head, as well as the formation of coherent billow structures at the apex of the head due to growth of the Kelvin-Helmholtz (KH) instabilities. However, due to the fact tha...
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