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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2014.15.9.5826

Study of the Tidal Currents in Sea Areas around Gyeong-In Waterway  

Baek, Seung Hwa (Division of urban and Environmental Engineering, Incheon University)
Shin, Bum-Shick (Department of Future Convergence Technology, Kwandong University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.15, no.9, 2014 , pp. 5826-5834 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper examined the changes in flow patterns due to a blockage of tidal currents in the sea areas between Incheon North Port and Yeomha Channel when it would be influenced by the construction of the Incheon North Port Yeongjongdo dredged soil dumping ground and Incheon Bay tidal power plant. The numerical simulation was performed for three cases: before and after constructing the Incheon North Port Yeongjongdo dredged soil dumping ground and after the construction of the sea-dyke on the east side of the Incheon Bay tidal power plant. The simulation results showed that the tidal directions and currents velocity were similar before and after the construction of the Yeongjongdo dredged soil dumping ground. After the construction of the East Sea-dyke of Incheon tide power plant, however, the tidal currents patterns changed significantly due to flow blockage toward Gyeonggi Bay. The main flow was formed in the north-south direction, and the tidal currents velocity increased slightly on the downstream areas (A,B,C) of Hodo, which is the entrance of the Ara Waterway. The tidal currents at the mouth(D) of Yeomha Channel decreased significantly. The tidal currents of the west side of Se-eodo and the east side of the sea-dyke were rotary currents. The results of this study will provide basic data for the environmental impact assessment and the operation of the Gyeongin Ara Waterway.
Keywords
Tidal current; Tidal power plant; Sea-dyke Gyeongin Ara Waterway;
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