Browsing University of Galway Theses (PhD Theses) by Subject "Hydrodynamics"
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Characterization of the hydrodynamics and saltwater wedge variations in a coastal karst aquifer in response to tide and precipitation events (Bell Harbour catchment, county Clare, Ireland)
(2014-03-03)Low-lying coastal areas in the west of Ireland, such as the Galway and Clare coasts, have seen recent increases in flooding frequencies coupled with overall increases in sea level. The impacts of these changes are most ... -
Development of a tidal flow model for optimisation of tidal turbine arrays
(2018-02-19)Tidal current turbines have the potential to provide a proportion of global energy requirements. Installations to date have been singular test devices but commercial application will involve multiple devices deployed in ... -
Development of an efficient dynamically nested model for tidal hydraulics and solute transport
(2010-06)Numerical modelling of coastal zones typically requires a high spatial resolution to accurately simulate land-sea interactions, particularly in areas of complex coastlines. As a result, the computational cost of coastal ... -
Development of computationally efficient nested hydrodynamic models
(2014-04-25)Hydrodynamic numerical modelling of coastal zones typically requires a high level of horizontal spatial resolution to improve the realism of its solution, particularly in areas of complex bathymetry. These high resolution ... -
A Mathematical and Numerical Examination of Wave-Current Interaction and Wave-Driven Hydrodynamics
(2010-04-28)A new derivation of an elliptic extended mild-slope wave equation, including the effects of energy dissipation and current, has been accomplished. A Galerkin-Eigenfunction method was used for this derivation and the final ... -
Physical and numerical modelling of impeded tidal flows: Effects of aquaculture structures on hydrodynamics and material transport
(2012-04-13)The effects of aquaculture structures on flows are investigated in this thesis through a two-pronged approach. Small-scale flow interactions between the structures and the surrounding waterbody are studied through physical ...