Idealized model study on tidal wave propagation in prismatic and converging basins with tidal flats

Conference paper (2016)

Authors

T.W.M. Boelens Universiteit Gent
Tom De Mulder Universiteit Gent
H.M. Schuttelaars Mathematical Physics - EEMCS
G.P. Schramkowski Flanders Hydraulics Research
Research Group
Mathematical Physics (EEMCS) (TU Delft)
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Published Date

2016-7

Language

English

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Faculty

Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science

Department

Delft Institute of Applied Mathematics

Research Group

Mathematical Physics

Abstract

The tidal flow in an estuary, and consequently the morphodynamics and ecology, is highly dependent on the basin geometry (Ridderinkhof et al. 2014).The characteristics of tidal wave propagation in prismatic basins are well known, and also the effect of converging basins has been studied to some depth. The influence of tidal flats on tidal wave propagation has been studied using 1D models, while in this paper, both a 1D and a 2D model will be applied. The latter approach allows to account for the water motion above the tidal flats, in contrast to a 1D model where the tidal flats are modelled as storage areas.