Numerical analysis of the influence of sea level rise on sediment deposition in the Yangtze Estuary channels

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10.2991/icadme-15.2015.181How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Numerical model; Sea level rise; Yangtze Estuary; Deep-water channels; Sediment deposition

Abstract

To explore the influence of sea level rise on sediment deposition in the Yangtze Estuary Deep-water Navigation Channel, this article has simulated the change of flow velocity in North Passage in different situations of sea level rise with MIKE21 FM and calculated the threshold motion velocity of sediment in North Passage. The results show that as sea level rise, flooding and precipitating velocities in upside North Passage increase and in middle North Passage decrease. Precipitating velocities in middle North Passage are greater than threshold motion velocities of sediment and sediment is scoured easily. When precipitating the middle of North Passage is in the washed state and it is beneficial to the construction and maintenance of the Deep-water Navigation Channel in North Passage.

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© 2015, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - R.Y. Shen
AU  - J. Gu
AU  - D. Wang
AU  - X.J. Zhang
PY  - 2015/10
DA  - 2015/10
TI  - Numerical analysis of the influence of sea level rise on sediment deposition in the Yangtze Estuary channels
BT  - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Advanced Design and Manufacturing Engineering
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 961
EP  - 967
SN  - 2352-5401
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DO  - 10.2991/icadme-15.2015.181
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