Experiment data of mildly curved channel Numerical models y/b Fig. (7a) Fig. (7b) Fig. (7c) Fig. (7d) Fig. 7a 0.059 1.0312 1.0288 0.9386 0.8182 y/b NaysCUBE SBVC2 SBVC3 GBVC3 SBVC2_0 SBVC3_0 GBVC3_0 2DC 0.100 1.0487 1.0996 0.9508 0.8566 0.03 1.0455 1.0168 1.0116 1.0122 1.0170 1.0118 1.0124 1.0188 0.200 1.0506 1.1064 0.9799 0.9271 0.11 1.0666 1.0736 1.0722 1.0720 1.0738 1.0723 1.0722 1.0754 0.300 1.0556 1.0764 1.0134 0.9648 0.16 1.0905 1.0982 1.0991 1.0988 1.0984 1.0993 1.0989 1.0998 0.400 1.0606 1.0603 1.0270 1.0046 0.21 1.0857 1.0876 1.0891 1.0889 1.0877 1.0892 1.0891 1.0889 0.500 1.0409 1.0243 1.0259 1.0426 0.26 1.0711 1.0738 1.0754 1.0753 1.0740 1.0755 1.0754 1.0749 0.600 1.0157 0.9905 1.0272 1.0676 0.32 1.0571 1.0602 1.0618 1.0617 1.0603 1.0619 1.0619 1.0611 0.700 0.9440 0.9623 1.0260 1.0893 0.37 1.0438 1.0472 1.0488 1.0488 1.0472 1.0489 1.0489 1.0478 0.800 0.9914 0.9332 1.0364 1.0877 0.42 1.0311 1.0347 1.0364 1.0364 1.0348 1.0365 1.0365 1.0351 0.900 0.9012 0.8600 0.9886 1.0661 0.47 1.0188 1.0228 1.0246 1.0246 1.0228 1.0247 1.0246 1.0230 0.941 0.8600 0.8582 0.9861 1.0754 0.53 1.0070 1.0114 1.0133 1.0133 1.0114 1.0133 1.0133 1.0113 0.58 0.9955 1.0005 1.0025 1.0025 1.0005 1.0025 1.0025 1.0002 0.63 0.9843 0.9901 0.9922 0.9921 0.9900 0.9922 0.9921 0.9896 0.68 0.9734 0.9802 0.9824 0.9823 0.9801 0.9824 0.9823 0.9795 0.74 0.9624 0.9708 0.9732 0.9731 0.9707 0.9731 0.9730 0.9700 0.79 0.9488 0.9594 0.9618 0.9617 0.9593 0.9617 0.9616 0.9586 0.84 0.9205 0.9318 0.9326 0.9328 0.9316 0.9324 0.9326 0.9310 0.89 0.8662 0.8658 0.8609 0.8612 0.8655 0.8606 0.8609 0.8638 0.98 0.8319 0.7753 0.7623 0.7623 0.7749 0.7618 0.7618 0.7712 Fig. 7b y/b NaysCUBE SBVC2 SBVC3 GBVC3 SBVC2_0 SBVC3_0 GBVC3_0 2DC 0.03 0.9973 1.0473 0.9878 0.9891 1.0195 0.9365 0.9380 1.0721 0.11 1.0269 1.0746 1.0524 1.0537 1.0713 1.0500 1.0518 1.1465 0.16 1.0776 1.0932 1.0992 1.0994 1.1013 1.1181 1.1181 1.1795 0.21 1.1004 1.0961 1.1124 1.1119 1.1008 1.1229 1.1218 1.1615 0.26 1.0984 1.0877 1.1030 1.1030 1.0889 1.1063 1.1066 1.1337 0.32 1.0861 1.0725 1.0838 1.0841 1.0720 1.0850 1.0855 1.1059 0.37 1.0678 1.0530 1.0612 1.0615 1.0516 1.0620 1.0624 1.0794 0.42 1.0472 1.0309 1.0378 1.0381 1.0291 1.0385 1.0389 1.0541 0.47 1.0263 1.0074 1.0145 1.0148 1.0054 1.0153 1.0156 1.0301 0.53 1.0062 0.9831 0.9914 0.9919 0.9811 0.9924 0.9928 1.0071 0.58 0.9876 0.9579 0.9687 0.9694 0.9560 0.9698 0.9704 0.9853 0.63 0.9709 0.9318 0.9460 0.9473 0.9300 0.9474 0.9484 0.9644 0.68 0.9566 0.9047 0.9237 0.9260 0.9030 0.9250 0.9270 0.9444 0.74 0.9448 0.8767 0.9039 0.9073 0.8746 0.9025 0.9067 0.9242 0.79 0.9372 0.8523 0.8921 0.8953 0.8430 0.8840 0.8900 0.8987 0.84 0.9278 0.8542 0.8957 0.8954 0.8141 0.8793 0.8801 0.8562 0.89 0.8874 0.9524 0.9328 0.9275 0.9407 0.9323 0.9250 0.7786 0.98 0.8535 1.1241 0.9937 0.9844 1.2178 1.0328 1.0210 0.6783 Fig. 7c y/b NaysCUBE SBVC2 SBVC3 GBVC3 SBVC2_0 SBVC3_0 GBVC3_0 2DC 0.03 0.9294 0.9393 0.9052 0.9045 0.9307 0.8547 0.8545 0.9525 0.11 0.9493 0.9311 0.9495 0.9503 0.9215 0.9507 0.9521 1.0770 0.16 0.9769 0.9273 0.9799 0.9810 0.9149 1.0031 1.0039 1.1515 0.21 0.9886 0.9316 0.9906 0.9912 0.9198 1.0033 1.0031 1.1568 0.26 0.9985 0.9401 0.9935 0.9938 0.9326 0.9980 0.9984 1.1380 0.32 1.0085 0.9480 0.9934 0.9936 0.9425 0.9959 0.9961 1.1143 0.37 1.0153 0.9533 0.9921 0.9923 0.9489 0.9935 0.9936 1.0904 0.42 1.0189 0.9556 0.9907 0.9909 0.9516 0.9908 0.9910 1.0675 0.47 1.0203 0.9547 0.9894 0.9897 0.9503 0.9881 0.9884 1.0456 0.53 1.0202 0.9507 0.9887 0.9889 0.9452 0.9857 0.9862 1.0246 0.58 1.0190 0.9436 0.9886 0.9888 0.9363 0.9840 0.9846 1.0046 0.63 1.0173 0.9341 0.9895 0.9897 0.9239 0.9833 0.9839 0.9853 0.68 1.0153 0.9244 0.9919 0.9922 0.9082 0.9843 0.9848 0.9662 0.74 1.0134 0.9215 0.9968 0.9975 0.8893 0.9872 0.9880 0.9453 0.79 1.0115 0.9442 1.0069 1.0084 0.8672 0.9936 0.9959 0.9171 0.84 1.0085 1.0343 1.0292 1.0304 0.8834 1.0139 1.0164 0.8720 0.89 0.9986 1.2681 1.0785 1.0767 1.2641 1.0874 1.0854 0.7946 0.98 0.9906 1.5981 1.1458 1.1398 1.9696 1.2023 1.1937 0.6965 Fig. 7d y/b NaysCUBE SBVC2 SBVC3 GBVC3 SBVC2_0 SBVC3_0 GBVC3_0 2DC 0.03 0.8008 0.8038 0.7560 0.7555 0.7995 0.7077 0.7074 0.7750 0.11 0.8262 0.8308 0.8368 0.8375 0.8224 0.8320 0.8332 0.9253 0.16 0.8725 0.8518 0.8997 0.9008 0.8381 0.9186 0.9196 1.0388 0.21 0.9076 0.8681 0.9326 0.9335 0.8527 0.9473 0.9476 1.0848 0.26 0.9369 0.8858 0.9500 0.9505 0.8732 0.9562 0.9568 1.0897 0.32 0.9640 0.9030 0.9626 0.9629 0.8927 0.9661 0.9665 1.0824 0.37 0.9858 0.9187 0.9731 0.9733 0.9102 0.9758 0.9759 1.0729 0.42 1.0035 0.9331 0.9828 0.9829 0.9259 0.9842 0.9842 1.0633 0.47 1.0189 0.9458 0.9922 0.9923 0.9394 0.9920 0.9921 1.0541 0.53 1.0328 0.9567 1.0016 1.0018 0.9503 0.9999 1.0002 1.0453 0.58 1.0459 0.9659 1.0116 1.0117 0.9584 1.0083 1.0086 1.0367 0.63 1.0586 0.9736 1.0224 1.0226 0.9635 1.0176 1.0179 1.0285 0.68 1.0710 0.9812 1.0348 1.0352 0.9660 1.0282 1.0286 1.0200 0.74 1.0831 0.9932 1.0501 1.0507 0.9669 1.0408 1.0416 1.0098 0.79 1.0945 1.0216 1.0709 1.0719 0.9648 1.0572 1.0594 0.9932 0.84 1.1040 1.1005 1.1063 1.1069 0.9508 1.0921 1.0942 0.9635 0.89 1.1007 1.3460 1.1689 1.1672 1.3259 1.1777 1.1758 0.9014 0.98 1.0933 1.7206 1.2476 1.2428 2.0991 1.2982 1.2905 0.8152