Abstract:
The paper is devoted to modeling hydrodynamic processes related to the spring thermal bar in Kamloops Lake by the second-order numerical method. The results of simulations agree with the studies made by other authors and in-situ observations. An important feature of the numerical technique is to use the SIMPLED procedure (a modification of the SIMPLE algorithm of Patankar and Spalding) for harmonization of pressure and velocity fields.
Keywords:thermal bar, mathematical model, temperature of maximum density, Boussinesq approximation, numerical experiment, Kamloops Lake.