Cellular automata modeling of migration and gravitational sedimentation of impurity in a liquid flow

Authors

  • Rubtsov S.E. Kuban State University, Krasnodar, Российская Федерация
  • Pavlova A.V. Kuban State University, Krasnodar, Российская Федерация

UDC

510.67:554

Abstract

To date, the main direction of numerical methods for calculating turbulent flows is the solution of the averaged Navier-Stokes equations. Cellular automata (CA) models of gas dynamics make it possible to broaden the possibilities of studying diffusion and migration processes in the atmosphere and in the aquatic environment. In the paper we present an approach to modeling the process of pollutant migration in a flow of liquid, special attention is given to simulation of the gravitational sedimentation mechanism of a heavy impurity. Thus, in terms of cellular automata, we constructed a model of migration of a single-component substance in a flow for a plane case. We also implemented a CA simulating the propagation of an impurity that settles under the effect of gravity. The modeling of the flow of a substance using particles that characterize the presence of a mass unit at a given point in space involves their motion in the direction specified by the velocity vector, which changes when particles collide with obstacles or with each other. The fulfillment of the laws of energy, mass, and momentum conservation is provided by the formulated rules of particle movement and collision. When modeling the flow of a liquid with an impurity, each particle is endowed with a sign indicating whether it is "pure" (ie, an element of the main flow) or an impurity. If the mass of impurity particles is different from the mass of "pure" particles, greater, for example, it is necessary to take into account the gravitational interactions of the particles in the model. In this case, an additional phase appears in the elementary automata, implementing the effect of gravity, performed in an asynchronous mode and realizing the movement of the "heavy" impurity particles from upper to lower cells. This phase can be added to the main automaton in a certain number of cycles, which allows us to adjust the mass value of the impurity particles. The results illustrating the evolution of the cellular automaton modeling the propagation of the "heavy" impurity entering into a flow of liquid over a certain time interval are presented. The transition from the physical description of the process to its CA model and back is accomplished by comparing physical characteristics with the average number of particles in a certain number of cells.

Keywords:

cellular automaton model, flow, impurity, transport, gravitational sedimentation

Acknowledgement

Работа выполнена при поддержке гранта РФФИ и администрации Краснодарского края р_юг_а 16-41-230175.

Author Infos

Sergey E. Rubtsov

канд. физ.-мат. наук, доцент кафедры математического моделирования Кубанского государственного университета

e-mail: rub_serg@mail.ru

Alla V. Pavlova

д-р физ.-мат. наук, доцент профессор кафедры математического моделирования Кубанского государственного университета

e-mail: pavlova@math.kubsu.ru

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Issue

Section

Mechanics

Pages

46-52

Submitted

2017-09-25

Published

2017-09-30

How to Cite

Rubtsov S.E., Pavlova A.V. Cellular automata modeling of migration and gravitational sedimentation of impurity in a liquid flow. Ecological Bulletin of Research Centers of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation, 2017, no. 3, pp. 46-52. (In Russian)