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Main Title Numerical Model for Three-Dimensional, Variable-Density Hydrodynamic Flows: Documentation of the Computer Program.
Author Paul, J. F. ; Nocito, J. A. ;
CORP Author Environmental Research Lab.-Duluth, MN.;Science Applications International Corp., Narragansett, RI.
Year Published 1987
Report Number EPA/600/3-87/042;
Stock Number PB88-126438
Additional Subjects Hydrodynamics ; Water pollution ; Manuals ; Computer program ; Three dimensional flow ; Time dependence ; Hydrostatic pressure ; Eddies ; Mathematical models ; Hydrodynamic model ; Path of pollutants ; Aquatic ecosystems ; Boussinesq approximation
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NTIS  PB88-126438 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract
As part of a research effort by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to study the dispersion of pollutants in aquatic systems, a numerical model has been developed that is capable of realistically describing the hydrodynamics in lakes, embayments, nearshore marine coastal areas, and riverine and thermal outfall plumes. The model is time-dependent, three-dimensional, and variable density. Both rigid-lid and free-surface flows can be determined. The main assumptions used in the development of the model include hydrostatic pressure variation, Boussinesq approximation, and eddy coefficients to account for turbulence. A new solution procedure, which is a modification of the simplified marker and cell method, is used. The procedure permits selected terms in the equations to be treated implicitly in time. The report provides the documentation for the computer program for the numerical model.