Transitory distribution of the suspended sediment in a unidirectional non-uniform flow

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Year:
2015
Keywords:
Suspended sediment, Vertical profile of the concentration, Non-uniform flow, Transitory state, Deposition, Erosion, Mud, Sand, Model a-ß
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Journal:
Revue Paralia
ISSN:
1760-8716
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Abstract:
A 1DH modeling is implemented to study a particular case of transport in suspension along a channel corresponding to a 2DV problem. In order to include the vertical dimension, a model named a-ß is used. This latter was developed to describe the vertical distribution of suspended sediment in a flow corresponding to an unsteady and/or non-uniform state, and including deposition and resuspension phenomena (SANCHEZ, 2013). Results show that in some regions of the studied domain, the α-ß model describing the vertical distribution of suspended sediment, can be simplified because its two parameters (α and ß) remain constant