Characteristics of the flow structures through and around a submerged canopy patch

The flow around submerged canopy patches with finite sizes plays a critical role in the sediment deposition and vegetation evolution. In this study, the submerged canopy patch was modeled as a porous array with a diameter D and a height h consisting of N rigid cylinder elements with a diameter d and exposed to a fully developed turbulent open channel flow with a depth H. High-resolution numerical simulations were conducted to investigate the...