Study of Sediment Transport in a Tidal Channel-Shoal System: Lateral Effects and Slack-Water Dynamics

Lateral flows redistribute sediment and influence the morphodynamics of channel-shoal systems. However, our understanding of lateral transport of suspended sediment during high and low water slack is still fairly limited, especially in engineered estuaries. Human interventions such as dike-groyne structures influence lateral exchange...

The Importance of Combined Tidal and Meteorological Forces for the Flow and Sediment Transport on Intertidal Shoals

Estuarine intertidal areas are shaped by combined astronomical and meteorological forces. This paper reveals the relative importance of tide, surge, wind, and waves for the flow and sediment transport on large intertidal shoals. Results of an intensive field campaign have been used to validate a numerical model of the Roggenplaat intertidal...

Morphodynamics of Hue tidal inlets

Morphodynamics of a tidal inlet system on a micro-tidal coast in a tropical monsoon influenced region is modeled and discussed. Effects of tides, waves, river flows and system configuration on the inlet morphologies are investigated with the aid of process-based state-of-the-art numerical models. Seasonal and episodic behavior of the inlet...

Modeling of channel patterns in short tidal basins

We model branching channel patterns in short tidal basins with two methods. A theoretical stability analysis leads to a relationship between the number of channels and physical parameters of the tidal system. The analysis reveals that width and spacing of the channels should decrease as the slope of the bottom profile and the Shields parameter...

Experiments and computations on unsteady separating flow in an expanding flume

An unsteady, separating flow with a free surface was investigated with a physical model and a numerical model. To simulate tidal flow, the prescribed flow rate at the inflow boundary was a half-period sine function of time. Measurements of velocities and wave heights were conducted by using LDV and a wave-height meter in a straight open channel...