Search Results - "Hodges, Ben R."

Modeling subgrid-scale topographic effects on shallow marsh hydrodynamics and salinity transport by Li, Zhi, Hodges, Ben R.

“…A 2D depth-integrated subgrid hydrodynamic model (FrehdC) is designed to simulate effects of subgrid-scale topography on flow and scalar transport in shallow…”
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An Artificial Compressibility Method for 1D Simulation of Open-Channel and Pressurized-Pipe Flow by Hodges, Ben R.

“…Piping systems (e.g., storm sewers) that transition between free-surface flow and surcharged flow are challenging to model in one-dimensional (1D) networks as…”
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Evaluating SWMM Modeling Performance for Rapid Flows on Tunnels with Geometric Discontinuities by Geller, Vitor G., Tao, Yichen, Lokhandwala, Abdulmuttalib, Vasconcelos, Jose G., Wright, Daniel B., Hodges, Ben R.

“…AbstractThe EPA’s Storm Water Management Model (SWMM) has been applied across the globe for citywide stormwater modeling due to its robustness and versatility…”
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Revisiting Surface-Subsurface Exchange at Intertidal Zone with a Coupled 2D Hydrodynamic and 3D Variably-Saturated Groundwater Model by Li, Zhi, Hodges, Ben R.

“…A new high-performance numerical model (Frehg) is developed to simulate water flow in shallow coastal wetlands. Frehg solves the 2D depth-integrated,…”
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An expanded rating curve model to estimate river discharge during tidal influences across the progressive-mixed-standing wave systems by Jones, Allan E, Hardison, Amber K, Hodges, Ben R, McClelland, James W, Moffett, Kevan B

“…Empirically quantifying tidally-influenced river discharge is typically laborious, expensive, and subject to more uncertainty than estimation of upstream river…”
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Effects of morphology in controlling propagation of density currents in a reservoir using uncalibrated three-dimensional hydrodynamic modeling by Behnam Zamani, Manfred Koch, Ben R. Hodges

“…In this study, effects of basin morphology are shown to affect density current hydrodynamics of a large reservoir using a three-dimensional (3D) hydrodynamic…”
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Automated Detection of Instability-Inducing Channel Geometry Transitions in Saint-Venant Simulation of Large-Scale River Networks by Yu, Cheng-Wei, Hodges, Ben R., Liu, Frank

“…A new sweep-search algorithm (SSA) is developed and tested to identify the channel geometry transitions responsible for numerical convergence failure in a…”
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Innovative Approaches for Geometric Uncertainty Quantification in an Operational Oil Spill Modeling System by Feng, Dongyu, Passalacqua, Paola, Hodges, Ben R.

“…Reliable and rapid real-time prediction of likely oil transport paths is critical for decision-making from emergency response managers and timely clean-up…”
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Effects of Hydropower Reservoir Withdrawal Temperature on Generation and Dissipation of Supersaturated TDG by Tang, Lei, Li, Ran, Hodges, Ben R, Feng, Jingjie, Lu, Jingying

“…One of the challenges for hydropower dam operation is the occurrence of supersaturated total dissolved gas (TDG) levels that can cause gas bubble disease in…”
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Modeling Circulation in Lakes: Spatial and Temporal Variations by Laval, Bernard, Imberger, Jörg, Hodges, Ben R., Stocker, Roman

“…The influence of spatial and temporal variations in wind forcing on the circulation in lakes is investigated using field data and the three-dimensional Estuary…”
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Modeling Basin-Scale Internal Waves in a Stratified Lake by Hodges, Ben R., Imberger, Jorg, Saggio, Angelo, Winters, K. B.

“…Basin-scale internal waves provide the driving forces for vertical and horizontal fluxes in a stratified lake below the wind-mixed layer. Thus, correct…”
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Experiment and simulation of supersaturated total dissolved gas dissipation: Focus on the effect of confluence types by Shen, Xia, Li, Ran, Hodges, Ben R., Feng, Jingjie, Cai, Huanjie, Ma, Xiaoyi

“…Total dissolved gas supersaturation (TDGS) downstream caused by spill discharge from high dams can easily cause fish to suffer from gas bubble disease (GBD)…”
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Conservative finite-volume forms of the Saint-Venant equations for hydrology and urban drainage by Hodges, Ben R

“…New integral, finite-volume forms of the Saint-Venant equations for one-dimensional (1-D) open-channel flow are derived. The new equations are in the…”
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Generalized, Dynamic, and Transient-Storage Form of the Preissmann Slot by Sharior, Sazzad, Hodges, Ben R., Vasconcelos, Jose G.

“…A new formulation of the Preissmann Slot for modeling surcharged (pressurized) one-dimensional (1D) pipe flow is presented. The Dynamic Preissmann Slot (DPS)…”
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The oil spill transport across the shelf-estuary interface by Feng, Dongyu, Hodges, Ben R.

“…Oil spills caused by ship collisions and offshore oil wells are an ongoing risk for estuaries in the northern Gulf of Mexico. The fate and transport of the oil…”
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Challenges in Continental River Dynamics by Hodges, Ben R.

“…Continental River Dynamics (CRD) is herein defined as modelling the flow dynamics in all channels of a continental-scale river basin using the physics-based…”
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Timescale interpolation and no-neighbour discretization for a 1D finite-volume Saint-Venant solver by Hodges, Ben R., Liu, Frank

“…A new finite-volume numerical method for the one-dimensional (1D) Saint-Venant equations for unsteady open-channel flow is developed and tested. The model uses…”
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Channel‐Island Connectivity Affects Water Exposure Time Distributions in a Coastal River Delta by Hiatt, Matthew, Castañeda‐Moya, Edward, Twilley, Robert, Hodges, Ben R., Passalacqua, Paola

“…The exposure time is a water transport time scale defined as the cumulative amount of time a water parcel spends in the domain of interest regardless of the…”
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A Topological Approach to Partitioning Flow Networks for Parallel Simulation by Tiernan, Edward D, Hodges, Ben R

“…AbstractSystem partitioning for effective simulation of civil infrastructure flow networks on parallel processors is a nontrivial problem. Arbitrary…”
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Applying microprocessor analysis methods to river network modelling by Liu, Frank, Hodges, Ben R.

“…This paper describes the Simulation Program for River Networks (SPRINT) that is proposed as a tool for studying Continental River Dynamics (CRD), the solution…”
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