Open AccessNUMERICAL INVESTIGATION OF BORE HOLE FILLING VOLUME IN A COASTAL AREA
Author(s) -
Feddy Adong,
Anne-Claire Bennis,
Dominique Mouazé
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
proceedings of ... conference on coastal engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2156-1028
pISSN - 0589-087X
DOI - 10.9753/icce.v36.papers.58
Subject(s) - seabed , mechanics , flow (mathematics) , coupling (piping) , geology , volume of fluid method , volume (thermodynamics) , surface finish , discrete element method , current (fluid) , geotechnical engineering , materials science , physics , oceanography , composite material , quantum mechanics
A numerical study is carried out to determine the parameters controlling the filling of a bore hole in Alderney Race. Our final goal is to identify the configuration minimizing the filling. We performed a one-way coupling between a coastal circulation model and a discrete element model for that purpose. Simulations used spherical particles and a monopile technology. We show that: as long as the distance between the hole and the residuals remains smaller than twenty meters, the flow direction plays a negligible role; interaction between moving particles and bottom roughness leads to a slight increase of the filling; the impact of ambient sediments strongly depends on seabed morphology and current effects.