High-resolution computational fluid dynamics modelling of suspended shellfish structures |
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Authors: | S Delaux C L Stevens S Popinet |
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Institution: | (1) Federal University of Rio de Janeiro FAU/PROURB/UFRJ, Av. Almirante Álvaro Alberto, 100/601 22.610-070 São Conrado Rio de Janeiro-RJ, Brazil;(2) Federal University of Rio de Janeiro LIMA/COPPE/UFRJ, Rua Pinheiro Guimarães, 149-casa 129, 22.281-050 Botafogo Rio de Janeiro-RJ, Brazil;(3) Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, IVIG/COPPE/UFRJ and Administração e Desenvolvimento Empresarial-UNESA, Av. General San Martin, 350/201 22241-0/0 Leblon Rio de Janeiro RJ, Brazil;(4) Federal University of Rio de Janeiro SAGE/COPPE, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Centro de Tecnologia Bloco I, 236 Caixa Postal 68507 21945-970 Rio de Janeiro-RJ, Brazil; |
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Abstract: | Aquaculture structures are responsible for flow disturbances that extend over a large range of scales. In the case of shellfish
aquaculture, those scales extend from the size of an individual shellfish to the size of a whole farm with intermediate scales
being the size of a shellfish structure or of a block of shellfish structures. The influence of block spacing and angle is
investigated by the mean of a 2D high resolution computational fluid dynamics model. Block angle is found to be the main relevant
parameter controlling to a large extent the mixing generated by the shellfish structures. Strong sensitivity is found for
small angles. Nevertheless, it is shown that for a limited number of blocks, upstream turbulence still dominates the degree
of the total mixing within the farm, and that total flow reduction is little affected by the orientation of the blocks. A
simple analytical model is presented that predicts most of the numerical results. |
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