School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning

River Dynamics Lab

  

 

 




Mark Schmeeckle
Ph.D. University of Colorado, Boulder, 1998
Office: Coor 5638
schmeeckle@asu.edu 

 

 

General Interests
Current Research Projects  
Selected Publications
Courses
Turbulence and Sediment Modeling
Laboratory


 

General Interests
My research interest is in landscape mechanics with a primary focus on fluvial geomorphology, sediment transport, and surface water processes.

Current Research Projects

  • I am developing a set of LES and hybrid techniques for turbulence in environmental flows. Sediment transport is then calculated using the LES results either by bedload calculations from the temporally- and spatially- varying bed stress, or by 3D advection-diffusion modeling of suspended sediment.

  • I am building a suite of environmental morphodynamic models involving 3D steady RANS calculations for environmental flows. At each time step sediment continuity is solved and the 3D structured or unstructured grid is adjusted accordingly. This modeling system is being developed for simulation of bar growth in rivers and large-scale erosion and deposition of eolian landscapes.

  • I am conducting numerical simulations of turbulence and sediment transport by combining turbulence-resolving LES simulations with particle-resolving distinct element method (DEM) modeling of each sediment particle. Using this method I directly calculate the motion of bedload and suspended load grains, thus relying on no empirical parameterizations of sediment fluxes. I am testing the model with previous experimental work. My colleagues and I have designed a series of flume experiments to test the validity of the spatial and temporal distribution of transport predicted by the simulations.

Below are a few random clips of various simulations


DES of Grand Canyon Eddy


DES Meander , 3D RANS, 2D Depth-Averaged Flow Models
Click Here for a high resolution version if this meandering simulation

DES Flow Through Cylinders
Click Here for high resolution version



DES over ripples

Suspended Sediment over Ripples driven by DES



LES over a flat bed

Suspended Sediment driven by LES flow over flat bed

Publications

  • Schmeeckle, M.W. (2014). The role of velocity, pressure, and bed stress fluctuations in bed load transport over bed forms: numerical simulation downstream of a backward facing step. Earth Surface Dynamics Discussions. , 2, 715-732, doi:10.5194/esurfd-2-715-2014.

    Figure 1 animation , Figure 5 animation

  • Schmeeckle, M.W. (2014). Numerical simulation of turbulence and sediment transport of medium sand.  Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface. doi: 10.1002/2013JF002911

  • Larson, P., R.I. Dorn, R.I., R.E. Palmer, Z. Bowles, E. Harrison, S. Kelley, M.W. Schmeeckle, and J Douglass (2014) Basin and Range Hydrological Integration and Pediment Evolution in the Southwestern USA, Physical Geography. doi: 10.1080/02723646.2014.931089

  • Yager, E. M., & Schmeeckle, M. W. (2013). The influence of vegetation on turbulence and bedload transport and bedload transport.  Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface.

  • Furbish, D. J., & Schmeeckle, M. W. (2013). A probabilistic derivation of the exponential-like distribution of bed-load particle velocities. Water Resources Research,

  • Alvarez, L., & Schmeeckle, M. (2013). Erosion of river sandbars by diurnal stage fluctuations in the colorado river in the marble and grand canyons: Full-scale laboratory experiments. River Research and Applications,

  • Furbish, D. J., Ball, A. E., & Schmeeckle, M. W. (2012). A probabilistic description of the bed load sediment flux: 4. fickian diffusion at low transport rates. Journal of Geophysical Research, 117(F3), F03034.

  • Furbish, D. J., Haff, P. K., Roseberry, J. C., & Schmeeckle, M. W. (2012). A probabilistic description of the bed load sediment flux: 1. theory. Journal of Geophysical Research, 117(F3), F03031.

  • Furbish, D. J., Roseberry, J. C., & Schmeeckle, M. W. (2012). A probabilistic description of the bed load sediment flux: 3. the particle velocity distribution and the diffusive flux. Journal of Geophysical Research, 117(F3), F03033.

  • Roseberry, J. C., Schmeeckle, M. W., & Furbish, D. J. (2012). A probabilistic description of the bed load sediment flux: 2. particle activity and motions. Journal of Geophysical Research, 117(F3), F03032.

  • Travis, Q. B., Schmeeckle, M. W., & Sebert, D. M. (2010). Meta-analysis of 301 slope failure calculations. I: Database description. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 137(5), 453-470.

  • Travis, Q. B., Schmeeckle, M. W., & Sebert, D. M. (2010). Meta-analysis of 301 slope failure calculations. II: Database analysis. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 137(5), 471-482.

  • Douglass, J., Meek, N., Dorn, R. I., & Schmeeckle, M. W. (2009). A criteria-based methodology for determining the mechanism of transverse drainage development, with application to the southwestern united states. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 121(3-4), 586-598.

  • Furbish, D. J., Childs, E. M., Haff, P. K., & Schmeeckle, M. W. (2009). Rain splash of soil grains as a stochastic advection-dispersion process, with implications for desert plant-soil interactions and land-surface evolution. Journal of Geophysical Research, 114, F00A03.

  • Travis, Q. B., Houston, S. L., Marinho, F. A. M., & Schmeeckle, M. (2009). Unsaturated infinite slope stability considering surface flux conditions. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 136(7), 963-974.

  • Akahori, R., Schmeeckle, M., & Ikeda, S. (2008). Numerical calculation of suspended sediment transport by using a particle-based method. Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Japan, 57, 449-460.

  • Akahori, R., Schmeeckle, M. W., Topping, D. J., & Melis, T. S. (2008). Erosion properties of cohesive sediments in the colorado river in grand canyon. River Research and Applications, 24(8), 1160-1174.

  • Fernando, H. J., Voropayev, S. I., & Schmeeckle, M. W. (2008). Ripple dynamics and benthic transformations under variable wave forcing. ().DTIC Document.

  • Furbish, D. J., Schmeeckle, M. W., & Roering, J. J. (2008). Thermal and force-chain effects in an experimental, sloping granular shear flow. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 33(13), 2108-2117.

  • Douglass, J., & Schmeeckle, M. (2007). Analogue modeling of transverse drainage mechanisms. Geomorphology, 84(1), 22-43.

  • Furbish, D. J., Hamner, K. K., Schmeeckle, M., Borosund, M. N., & Mudd, S. M. (2007). Rain splash of dry sand revealed by high-speed imaging and sticky paper splash targets. J.Geophys.Res, 112(F01001), F01001.

  • Schmeeckle, M. W., Nelson, J. M., & Shreve, R. L. (2007). Forces on stationary particles in near-bed turbulent flows. Journal of Geophysical Research, 112(F2), F02003.

  • Nelson, J., Burman, A., Shimizu, Y., McLean, S., Shreve, R., & Schmeeckle, M. (2006). Computing flow and sediment transport over bedforms. River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics: London, Taylor \& Francis Group, , 861-872.

  • Akahori, R., & Schmeeckle, M. (2005). Numerical analysis of secondary-flow around a spur dike using a three-dimensional free water surface LES model. Proceedings of the 4th IAHR Symposium on River, Coastal, and Estuarine Morphodynamics, , 921-930.

  • Mango, A. J., Schmeeckle, M. W., & Furbish, D. J. (2004). Tidally induced groundwater circulation in an unconfined coastal aquifer modeled with a hele-shaw cell. Geology, 32(3), 233-236.

  • Schmeeckle, M. W., & Nelson, J. M. (2003). Direct numerical simulation of bedload transport using a local, dynamic boundary condition. Sedimentology, 50(2), 279-301.

  • Nelson, J. M., Schmeeckle, M. W., Shreve, R. L., & McLean, S. R. (2001). Sediment entrainment and transport in complex flows. River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics, , 11-35.

  • Schmeeckle, M. W., Nelson, J. M., Pitlick, J., & Bennett, J. P. (2001). Interparticle collision of natural sediment grains in water. Water Resources Research, 37(9), 2377-2391.

  • Shimizu, Y., Schmeeckle, M., & Nelson, J. (2001). Direct numerical simulation of turbulence over two-dimensional dunes using CIP method. Journal of Hydroscience and Hydraulic Engineering, 19(2), 85-92.

  • Nelson, J. M., Schmeeckle, M. W., & Shreve, R. L. (2000). Turbulence and particle entrainment. Gravel-Bed Rivers,

  • Schmeeckle, M. W. (1999). A dynamic boundary condition for bedload sediment transport in non-uniform, hydraulically rough turbulent boundary layers. Annual Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Japan Society of Civil Engineers, 42, 653-658.

  • Schmeeckle, M. W., Shimizu, Y., Baba, H., & Ikezaki, S. (1999). Numerical and experimental investigation of turbulence over dunes in open-channel flow. Monthly Report of the Civil Engineering Research Institute, 551, 2-15.

  • Schmeeckle, M., Shimizu, Y., Hoshi, K., Baba, H., & Ikezaki, S. (1999). Turbulent structures and suspended sediment over two-dimensional dunes. River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics, Proceedings International Association for Hydraulic Research Symposium, , 261-270.

  • Shimizu, Y., Schmeeckle, M., Hoshi, K., & Tateya, K. (1999). Numerical simulation of turbulence over two-dimensional dunes. River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics, Proceedings International Association for Hydraulic Research Symposium, , 251-260.

  • Schmeeckle, M. W. (1998). The mechanics of bedload sediment transport.




Animations
 

Rainsplash Experiments (245Kb)

 Suspended Sediment Boundary Condition(553Kb)

PIV Force Experiments (667)

Bedload Simulation (881Kb)