Vung Tau – Go Cong Dam: Mathematical modelling: one size fits all ?

Vung Tau – Go Cong Dam: Mathematical modelling: one size fits all ?

Schiereck, G.J.
Stive, M.J.F.
Vrijling, J.K.

Civil Engineering and Geosciences

Hydraulic Engineering

2012-10-09

To resolve the flooding problems of Ho Chi Minh City, the possibilities for a large barrier downstream of the city are under study. In the final design stage a detailed 1-or 2-dimensional mathematical model is necessary to describe water levels and flow in the branches of the estuary system. The authors plea for the use of simple, first-order models, additional to a detailed model. The use of such models is shown as a tool in the preliminary stages of such a project but also as a reflection tool to get a better understanding of the system. The authors strongly argue that such tools are indispensible since the design process is never smooth and is never a linear sequence of theoretically logical steps. Several examples are being given.

flood protection
tides
mathematical modelling
Saint venant equations
system approach

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Water Resources University

ICEC 2012: 4th International Conference on Estuaries and Coasts, Hanoi, Vietnam, 8-11 October 2012

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conference paper

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