ABSTRACT
Hydrodynamic simulations are rapidly becoming a very important tool, enabling in-depth investigation of complex flow problems. Smoothed Particles Hydrodynamics (SPH), is a particle-based Lagrangian approach to discretize a fluid system and simulate the flow. In this paper, the application of the SPH method for the simulation of a two dimensional dam-breaking experiment is investigated. The experiment consists of a water column, placed on the one end of the tank that is allowed to collapse at the simulation start instant. The fluid motion is simulated for a reasonable time window, to study the impact on the other tank wall and the propagated flow due to this impact. Simulations are carried out for a series of water column configurations, and the obtained results are presented and compared with analytical and experimental results.
