Print Email Facebook Twitter A process-based approach to sediment transport in the Yangtze estuary Title A process-based approach to sediment transport in the Yangtze estuary Author Chu, A. Wang, Z.B. De Vriend, H.J. Stive, M.J.F. Faculty Civil Engineering and Geosciences Department Hydraulic Engineering Date 2010-06-30 Abstract A process-based model for the Yangtze Estuary is constructed to study the sediment transport in the estuary. The proposed model covers the entire tidal region of the estuary, the Hangzhou Bay and a large part of the adjacent sea. The dominant processes, fluvial and tidal, are included in the model. The calibration of the model against extensive flow, water level, salinity and suspended sediment data shows a good representation of observed phenomena. With the present calibrated and validated model, the residual flow field and the residual sediment transport field are obtained. The residual sediment transport pattern gives insight into the morphological behaviour of the mouth bars. Subject Yangtze Estuarymouth barmorphologysediment transportprocess-based model To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:db31899c-ca91-47a1-879e-4f4fa1d004e8 Source 32nd International Conference on Coastal Engineering, ICCE 2010, June 30 – July 5 2010, Shanghai, China Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type conference paper Rights (c) 2010 The Author(s) Files PDF 276541.pdf 1.01 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:db31899c-ca91-47a1-879e-4f4fa1d004e8/datastream/OBJ/view