Hydrodynamic modelling in Delft3D (Block 1)

Course background

The hydrodynamic module Delft3D-FLOW is a multidimensional hydrodynamic simulation program that calculates non-steady flow and transport phenomena resulting from tidal and meteorological forcing on a curvilinear, boundary-fitted grid. In 3D simulations, the hydrodynamic module applies the so-called sigma co-ordinate transformation in the vertical, which results in a smooth representation of the bottom topography. It also results in a high computing efficiency because of the constant number of vertical layers over the whole computational domain.
The hydrodynamic module is based on the full Navier-Stokes equations with the shallow water approximation applied. The equations are solved with a highly accurate unconditionally stable solution procedure.

Some areas of applications are

• Simulation of drying and flooding of inter-tidal flats (moving boundaries);
• Turbulence model to account for the vertical turbulent viscosity and diffusivity based on the eddy viscosity concept;
• Density gradients due to a non-uniform temperature and salinity concentration distribution (density driven flows);
• Enhancement of the bottom stresses due to waves;
• Many options for boundary conditions, such as water level, velocity, discharge and weakly reflective conditions;
• Online visualization of model parameters enabling the production of animations.

Objective of the course

Running a simple 3-dimensional hydrodynamic model.

Course subjects

• Introduction into grid generation;
• Introduction on bathymetry interpolation;
• Modelling hydrodynamics and temperature;
• Introduction on post processing.

This course is aimed at

Project engineers, project leaders and researchers.

Fee

The registration fee for this two-day course, from 9:00 to 17:00 hrs, is € 1.125,- excluding VAT. 50% discount for lecturers at centres of education.

Certificate

We provide a certificate of participation.

Related courses

The Delft3D course consists of 2 blocks. One general block (Block 1) and two parallel specialty blocks:

• Block 2a Environmental modelling in Delft3D
• Block 2b Modelling of sediment and bed dynamics in Delft3D