ir. P. Pourteimouri (Paran) | University of Twente

I'm doing a PhD in Water Engineering and Management (WEM) group at University of Twente. In this project, I'm developing a numerical model, using computational fluid dynamics (CFD), to study the impacts of buildings' characteristics and spacing at beach-dune interface on airflow patterns and bed morphology. Besides my PhD project, I'm involved in teaching some courses for the bachelor's degree and master's degree students.

Earth & Environmental Sciences

# Airflow
# Beach
# Coastal Zone
# Computational Fluid Dynamics
# Dune
# Erosion
# Sediment Transport

Engineering & Materials Science

# Breakwaters

Faculty of Engineering Technology (ET), Water systems (WS)

A brief introduction of my project is that the population growth in coastal zones increases the demands for constructing buildings at the beach-dune interface, including holiday cottages, restaurants, sailing clubs and pavilions. These structures change the local airflow patterns in their vicinity which, in turn, alter the aeolian sediment transport and bed morphology. This might affect the dune morphology over longer time scales and therefore impact the coastal safety. In this project, I'm working on the impacts of buildings' characteristics and spacing at beach-dune interface on airflow patterns and bed morphology. Specifically, I'm interested in buildings' characteristics such as buildings' dimension, geometry, orientation, surface roughness and elevation on poles. For this purpose, I developed a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model, using OpenFOAM, which is an open-source CFD solver. The numerical model predictions of airflow patterns as well as the erosion and sedimentation patterns around buildings are validated with available wind-tunnel data and field measurements around scaled buildings at the beach, respectively.

This PhD project is part of a larger project, ShoreScape, that focuses on sustainable co-evolution of the natural and built environment along sandy shores. The project is funded by Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) and co-funded by Rijkswaterstaat (RWS) and Hoogheemraadscap Hollands Noorderkwartier (HHNK).

Pourteimouri, P. , Campmans, G. H. P. , Wijnberg, K. M. , & Hulscher, S. J. M. H. (2022). Beach buildings on poles and their implications for duneward sediment transport: a numerical study. In 37th International Conference on Coastal Engineering, ICCE 2022, Sydney

Pourteimouri, P. , Campmans, G. H. P. , Wijnberg, K. M. , & Hulscher, S. J. M. H. (2022). The impact of spacing between beach buildings on aeolian eriosion and deposition patterns: A numerical study. In M. Ortega-Sánchez (Ed.), Proceedings 39th IAHR World Congress, 19-24 June 2022, Granada, Spain IAHR. https://cmswebonline.com/iahr2022/epro/pdf/07-04-003-709.pdf

Pourteimouri, P. , Campmans, G. H. P. , Wijnberg, K. M. , & Hulscher, S. J. M. H. (2021). CFD Evaluation of airflow patterns around beachhouses with different wind facing sides. 364. Abstract from 13th International ERCOFTAC symposium on engineering, turbulence, modelling and measurements, ETMM 2021, Rhodes, Greece. http://easyconferences.eu/etmm13/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/ETMM-2021_Proceedings_upd.pdf

Pourteimouri, P. , Campmans, G. H. P. , Wijnberg, K. M. , & Hulscher, S. J. M. H. (2021). A Numerical Study on the Impact of Building Dimensions on Airflow Patterns and Bed Morphology around Buildings at the Beach. Journal of marine science and engineering, 10(1), [13]. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse10010013

Pourteimouri, P. , Campmans, G. H. P. , Wijnberg, K. M. , & Hulscher, S. J. M. H. (2021). How erosion and deposition patterns around a row of holiday cottages at the beach can be influenced by wind direction: A numerical study. 39. Abstract from NCK Days 2021, Netherlands. https://www.nck-web.org/content/documents/2021/Book_of_Abstracts_2021.pdf

Wijnberg, K. , Poppema, D. , Mulder, J., van Bergen, J. , Campmans, G. , Galiforni-Silva, F. , Hulscher, S. , & Pourteimouri, P. (2021). Beach-dune modelling in support of Building with Nature for an integrated spatial design of urbanized sandy shores. In J. van Bergen, S. Nijhuis, N. Brand, & M. Hertogh (Eds.), Building with Nature perspectives: Cross-disciplinary BwN approaches in coastal regions (pp. 241-259). (Research in Urbanism Series; Vol. 7). TU Delft open. https://doi.org/10.47982/rius.7.136

Pourteimouri, P. , Campmans, G. , Wijnberg, K. , & Hulscher, S. (2020). The impact of buildings' characteristics on airflow patterns and bed morphology at beaches, using CFD modelling. In P. Lynett (Ed.), Proceedings of virtual Conference on Coastal Engineering, 2020 (International Conference Proceedings of Coastal Engineering; Vol. 36). https://doi.org/10.9753/icce.v36v.sediment.4

Pourteimouri, P. , Campmans, G. H. P. , Wijnberg, K. M. , & Hulscher, S. J. M. H. (2020). Modelling airflow patterns around beach houses using computational fluid dynamics. 47-47. Abstract from NCK Days 2020, Texel, Netherlands.

Pourteimouri, P. (2020). The impact of buildings at beaches on airflow and aeolian sediment transport patterns across beach-dune topography, using CFD modelling: Literature report. (CE&M Research report; No. 2020R-002/WEM-002). University of Twente.

Pourteimouri, P., & Hejazi, K. (2020). Development of An Integrated Numerical Model for Simulating Wave Interaction with Permeable Submerged Breakwaters Using Extended Navier–Stokes Equations. Journal of marine science and engineering, 8(2), 1-21. [87]. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse8020087

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I'm involved in the following academic courses:

Bachelor course(s):

Supervising tutorials of Fluid Mechanics 1
Supervising practicals of Fluid Mechanics 1

Master course(s):

Supervising projects of Hydraulic Engineering

ShoreScape: Sustainable co-evolution of the natural and built environment along sandy shores (2018-2022).

p.pourteimouri@utwente.nl

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University of Twente
Faculty of Engineering Technology
Horst - Ring (building no. 21)
De Horst 2
7522LW Enschede
The Netherlands

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