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Computational fluid dynamics modelling of flow and particulate contaminants sedimentation in an urban stormwater detention and settling basin

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Sedimentation is a common but complex phenomenon in the urban drainage system. The settling mechanisms involved in detention basins are still not well understood. The lack of knowledge on sediment transport and settling processes in actual detention basins is still an obstacle to the optimization of the design and the management of the stormwater detention basins. In order to well understand the sedimentation processes, in this paper, a new boundary condition as an attempt to represent the sedimentation processes based on particle tracking approach is presented. The proposed boundary condition is based on the assumption that the flow turbulent kinetic energy near the bottom plays an important role on the sedimentation processes. The simulated results show that the proposed boundary condition appears as a potential capability to identify the preferential sediment zones and to predict the trapping efficiency of the basin during storm events.

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We would like to acknowledge the OTHU (Observatoire de Terrain en Hydrologie Urbaine), Labex IMU and ANR CESA CABRRES programme for the scientific support and financing, and the Chinese Scholarship Council for funding through the Doctoral Scholarship project CSC/UT-INSA.

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    Hexiang Yan, Gislain Lipeme Kouyi, Carolina Gonzalez-Merchan, Céline Becouze-Lareure, Christel Sebastian, Sylvie Barraud & Jean-Luc Bertrand-Krajewski

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Yan, H., Lipeme Kouyi, G., Gonzalez-Merchan, C. et al. Computational fluid dynamics modelling of flow and particulate contaminants sedimentation in an urban stormwater detention and settling basin. Environ Sci Pollut Res 21, 5347–5356 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-013-2455-6

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