A Study of Eddy Viscosity Coefficient in Numerical Tidal Simulation
摘要
Based on the fluid motion equations, the physical meaning of eddy viscosity coefficient and the rationality of theBoussinesq hypothesis are discussed in this paper. The effect of the coefficient on numerical stability is analyzed briefly.A semi-enclosed rectangular sea area, with an orthogonal spur dike, is applied in a 2-D numerical model to study the effect of horizontal eddy viscosity coefficient (AH). The computed result shows that AH has little influence on the tidal level and averaged flow velocity, but has obvious influence on the intensity and the range of return flow around near thespur dike. Correspondingly, a wind-driven current pool and an annular current are applied in a 3-D numerical modelrespectively to study the effect of vertical eddy viscosity coefficient (AV). The computed result shows that the absolute value of AV is inversely proportional to that of horizontal velocity, and the vertical gradient value of AV determines the ver-tical distribution of horizontal velocity. The distribution form of AV is theoretically recommended as a parabolic type, ofwhich the maximum value appears at 0.5 H.