Falcon Helps to Create 3D Models Of Water Flow Through Sediment
March 20, 2023Falcon’s speed and efficiency enables the Center for Ecohydraulics Research to carve out their own niche in the world of hydraulics.
“With Falcon, we can go finer, we can go deeper, and we’re able to not only calculate but also explore how the flow behaves,†says Angel Monsalve Sepúlveda, a postdoctoral fellow with the University of Idaho. Using Falcon simulations, Monsalve can visualize the whole water flow, or the “flow field†in greater detail, a huge step up from the relatively small regions they can observe in the lab.
The models show the three-dimensional and temporal characteristics of the water’s subsurface flowing through sediment, a hidden aspect of the flow they can now test using Falcon. By changing parameters like topography and pressure, the simulations reproduce and expand upon what they see in the lab.
By Kelsey Swenson,
IIDS Scientific Writing Intern