简介：Submergedvegetationhasasignificantimpactonwaterflowvelocity.Currentinvestigationsincludetheimpactthroughaddingdragresistanceandincreasingbottomroughnesscoefficient,whichcannotelucidatethecharactersofrealsubmergedvegetation.Toevaluatetheeffectsofsubmergedvegetationonwatercurrentsatdifferentvelocities,alaboratoryexperimentwasconductedusingthreekindsofvegetations.Theeffectiveheightsofthesevegetationsonvaryingflowvelocitieswereevaluated.AnequationdescribingtherelationshipbetweenthenormalizedresistanceofthesubmergedplantsandtheReynoldsnumberbasedontheplanteffectiveheightwasthenestablishedandusedtocalculatethehydraulicresistanceparametersofsubmergedplantsindifferentstagesofgrowth.

简介：Anefficientmulti-blockincompressibleviscousflowsolverbasedonsolvingtheReynolds-AveragedNavier-Stokes(RANS)equationsnumericallyhasbeendevelopedthatcanbeappliedtosimulationofavarietyofshipmaneuveringrelatedflowsandcalculationofhydrodynamicforces.Validationandverificationofthesolutionprocedurewerecarriedoutonseveralmodelproblemswithgoodagreementtoexperimentalandnumericalresults.