Review of smooth particle hydrodynamics and its applications for environmental flows
- Vol.103(3), Sep
- USA Springer 2022
- 921-941p.
With the advancement of the computing facilities, meshless techniques have become a new arena of research for the computational scientists. Smooth particle hydrodynamics (SPH), a popular mesh free method, has shown significant potential in the numerical reproduction of many complex problems associated with environmental hydraulics. The present paper is a review of SPH approach and how it has been successfully implemented in understanding the flow physics associated with natural flow regimes. The manuscript is arranged into five sections. The first and the second sections describe the philosophy behind the development of SPH. The flow physics associated with the interaction of the solid particles and the fluid medium is explained in the third section. The next section is dedicated to the application of SPH in modelling environmental flows at different scales followed by a closure section.