Areas of expertise
Hydrodynamics and sediment transport
- Professor
- Scientific co-head of the Environmental Hydraulics Laboratory
- Scientific co-head of the CT Scanning for Civil Engineering and Natural Resources Laboratory
Phone
418-654-2590
Eau Terre Environnement Research Centre
490 de la Couronne Street
Québec City, Quebec G1K 9A9
CANADA
Research interests
Sediment erosion is a natural phenomenon. Surface water (river or sea) flows constantly, reshaping landscapes by depositing or eroding sediments. Highly dynamic areas are usually problematic: high sedimentation in dam reservoirs reduces their hydroelectric potential, and severe beach erosion affects the sustainability of coastal developments. These problems are likely to be exacerbated by climate change. The research in hydraulics and sediment transport carried out by Professor Pham Van Bang improves our understanding of sedimentary processes and provides a better picture of current and future trends in the evolution of landscapes that include surface water. Ongoing work is focused on increasing knowledge about erosion processes near coastal developments and the physical laws of cohesive sediment transport.
The approach currently used is based on computational fluid dynamics and experimental modelling using the large wave flume of the Environmental Hydraulics Laboratory and the small wave flume of the CT Scan Lab. Field work is also planned.
Publications
Boujia, Nissrine; Schmidt, Franziska; Chevalier, Christophe; Siegert, Dominique & Pham Van Bang, D. (2021). Using rocking frequencies of bridge piers for scour monitoring. Struct. Eng. Int., 31 (2): 286-294.
DOI: 10.1080/10168664.2020.1768811
Boujia, Nissrine; Schmidt, Franziska; Chevalier, Christophe; Siegert, Dominique & Pham Van Bang, Damien (2020). Distributed optical fiber-based approach for soil-structure interaction. Sensor, 20 (1): Art. 321.
DOI: 10.3390/s20010321
Cordier, Florian; Tassi, Pablo; Claude, Nicolas; Crosato, Alessandra; Rodrigues, Stéphane & Pham Van Bang, Damien (2020). Bar pattern and sediment sorting in a channel contraction/expansion area: application to the Loire River at Bréhémont (France). Adv. Water Resour., 140: Art. 103580.
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2020.103580
Orseau, Sylvain; Huybrechts, Nicolas; Tassi, Pablo; Pham Van Bang, Damien & Klein, Fabrice (2020). Two-dimensional modeling of fine sediment transport with mixed sediment and consolidation: Application to the Gironde Estuary, France. Int. J. Sediment Res., ONLINE.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsrc.2019.12.005
Zhang, Wei; Uh Zapata, Niguel; Bai, Xin; Pham Van Bang, Damien & Nguyen, Kim Dan (2020). Three-dimensional simulation of horseshoe vortex and local scour around a vertical cylinder using an unstructured finite-volume technique. Int. J. Sediment Res., 35 (3): 295-306.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsrc.2019.09.001
Boujia, Nissrine; Schmidt, Franziska; Chevalier, Christophe; Siegert, Dominique & Pham Van Bang, Damien (2019). Effect of scour on the natural frequency responses of bridge piers: development of a scour depth sensor. Infrastructures, 4 (2): Art. 21.
DOI: 10.3390/infrastructures4020021
Cordier, F.; Tassi, Pablo; Claude, N.; Rodrigues, S.; Crosato, A. & Pham Van Bang, Damien (2019). Numerical study of alternate bars in alluvial channels with non-uniform sediment. Water Resour. Res., 55 (4): 2976-3003.
DOI: 10.1029/2017WR022420
Santoro, Pablo; Fossati, Monica; Tassi, Pablo; Huybrechts, Nicolas; Pham Van Bang, Damien & Piedra-Cueva, Ismael (2019). Effect of self-weight consolidation on a hydro-sedimentological model for the Río de la Plata estuary. Int. J. Sediment Res., 34 (5): 444-454.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsrc.2018.12.004
Uh Zapata, Niguel; Zhang, Wei; Pham Van Bang, Damien & Nguyen, Dan Kim (2019). A parallel second-order unstructured finite volume method for 3D free-surface flows using a ó coordinate. Comput. Fluids, 190: 15-29.
DOI: 10.1016/j.compfluid.2019.06.001
Zapata MU, Pham Van Bang D & NguyenKD (2018) Parallel simulations for a 2D x/z two-phase flow fluid-solid particle model. Computers and fluids, 173: 103-110.DOI: 10.1016/j.compfluid.2018.03.019
Boujia N, Schmidt F, Siegert D, Pham Van Bang D, Chevalier C (2017). Modelling of a bridge pier subjected to scour. Procedia Engineering, 199: 925-2930.
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2017.09.343
Santoro P, Fossati M, Tassi P, Huybrechts N, Pham Van Bang D & Piedra-Cueva JCI (2017) A coupled wave–current–sediment transport model for an estuarine system: Application to the Río de la Plata and Montevideo Bay. Applied Mathematical Modelling, 52:107-130.
DOI: 10.1016/j.apm.2017.07.0040
Zapata MU, Pham Van Bang D & Nguyen KD (2016). Parallel SOR methods with a parabolic-diffusion acceleration technique for solving an unstructured-grid Poisson equation on 3D arbitrary geometries. International Journal for Computational Fluid Dynamics, 30(5):370-385.
DOI: 10.1080/10618562.2016.1234045
Zapata MU, Pham Van Bang D & Nguyen KD (2014) An unstructured finite volume technique for the 3D Poisson equation on arbitrary geometry using a σ‐coordinate system. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, 76(10):611-631.
DOI: 10.1002/fld.3945