Relationship between Spacing Rasio and Stiffness Coefficient by Using Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics Method to Simulate Water – Solid Interaction

Abstract

Scouring Phenomenon directly occurs on materials due to the motion of water flow and water borne sediments that researchers in the world continue to investigate. Scouring are then continuously developed in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) to be able to estimate scouring effects by analyzing interaction between fluid and solid. Water and solid interaction can be researched by realizing three dimensional numerical modeling (3D) using Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics Method which is modeling and visualizing fluid behavior with a Lagrangian approach in particle scale (micro scale), a more particle approach realistic than the grid approach. Using this method, the results of each particle can be reviewed either by their property values or visually so that the results are obtained more representatives. One of the factors affecting fluid-solid modeling is spacing ratio between solid particle and fluid particle. To obtain the correct physical results, it is required to consider the influence of spacing ratio and the value of Stiffness Coefficient (Ks) needed.