Drift of a drowning victim in rivers: conceptualization and global sensitivity analysis under idealized flow conditions

Delhez, Clément; Rivière, Nicolas; Erpicum, Sébastien; Pirotton, Michel; Archambeau, Pierre; Arnst, Maarten; Bierens, Joost; Dewals, Benjamin

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Drift of a drowning victim in rivers: conceptualization and global sensitivity analysis under idealized flow conditions

Delhez, Clément; Rivière, Nicolas; Erpicum, Sébastien et al.

2023 • In Water Resources Research

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drowning; drift model; human body; sensitivity analysis

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[en] We present a conceptual model of the drift of a drowning victim in a river, accounting for the mechanical effects of body decomposition. The model was tested under idealized flow conditions (uniform flow) and a global sensitivity analysis was performed. Uncertainties in body morphology, flow-body interaction parameters (e.g., drag coefficient) and drowning characteristics were considered. The results emphasize the importance of predicting the body vertical position since it considerably influences the streamwise body drift velocity, due to the significant difference between near-surface and near-bed velocity. The results also highlight the value of testimonies providing information on body mass and height, as decreasing uncertainty on these input data strongly reduces uncertainties on the predicted body streamwise position. Next step of the research will consist in coupling the model with an Eulerian multidimensional model of river hydrodynamics.

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Civil engineering

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Delhez, Clément ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Urban and Environmental Engineering

Rivière, Nicolas; INSA Lyon - Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon [FR]

Erpicum, Sébastien ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Urban and Environmental Engineering

Pirotton, Michel ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département ArGEnCo > HECE (Hydraulics in Environnemental and Civil Engineering)

Archambeau, Pierre ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département ArGEnCo > HECE (Hydraulics in Environnemental and Civil Engineering)

Arnst, Maarten ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'aérospatiale et mécanique > Computational and stochastic modeling

Bierens, Joost; VU University Medical Centre

Dewals, Benjamin ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département ArGEnCo > Hydraulics in Environmental and Civil Engineering

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English

Title :

Drift of a drowning victim in rivers: conceptualization and global sensitivity analysis under idealized flow conditions

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[fr] Dérive d'une victime de noyade en rivière : conceptualisation et analyse de sensibilité globale dans des conditions d'écoulement idéales

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16 October 2023

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Water Resources Research

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0043-1397

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1944-7973

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Wiley, Hoboken, United States - New Jersey

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