• Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.28-36
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• 2009

Many researches have been done to define the physical parameters for the wave generation and transformation over a coastal region. However, most of these have been limited to the application of particular conditions, as they are generally too empirical. To yield more reasonable wave estimation using a spectral wave model, it is important to understand how they work for the wave estimation. This study involved a comprehensive sensitivity test against the spectral resolution and the physical source/sink terms of the spectral wave model using SWAN and TOMAWAC, which have the same physical background with several different empirical/theoretical formulations. The tests were conducted for the East Anglian coast, UK, which is characterized by a complex bathymetry due to several shoals and offshore sandbanks. For the quantitative and qualitative evaluation of the models' performance with different input conditions, the wave elements and spectrums predicted at representative sites the East Anglia coast were compared/analyzed. The spectral resolution had no significant effect on the model results, but the lowest resolution on the frequency and direction induced underestimations of the wave height and period. The bottom friction and depth-induced breaking terms produced relatively high variations in the wave prediction, depending on which formulation was applied. The terms for the quadruplet and whitecapping had little effect on the wave estimation, whereas the triads tended to predict shorter and higher waves by energy transferring to higher frequencies.

• Water Engineering Research
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.17-30
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• 2005

The bed evolution of the stretch of the River Rhine between km-812.5 and km-821.5 is characterised by general bed degradation as a result of the river training works and dredging activities of the last two centuries. The degradation of the river bed affects the water levels, and so the navigation conditions. To combat the erosion of the river bed with the aim to keep up the shipping traffic and to avoid the ecological system damages due to water level reductions, sand-gravel-mixtures were added to the river (so called artificial grain feeding activities). This paper presents the results of an application of a graded sediment transport model in order to study morpholodynamical characteristics due to artificial grain feeding activities in the river stretch. The finite element code TELEMAC2D was used for flow calculation by solving the 2D shallow water equation on non-structured grids. The sediment transport module SISYPHE has been developed for graded sediment transport using a multiple layer model. The needs to apply such graded sediment transport approaches to study morphological processes in the domain are discussed. The calculations have been carried out for the case of middle water flow and different size-fraction distributions. The results show that the grain feeding process could be well simulated by the model.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2010.05a
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• pp.189-193
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• 2010

RMA-2, Telemac-2D, River2D 등 기존의 대부분 국내외 상용모형에서는 내부 경계인 하천구조물과 외부 경계인 측벽에서의 경계조건을 활동조건(slip condition)으로 가정하여 흐름장을 계산하였다. 그러나 실제로 벽면에서는 마찰력에 의해 흐름이 존재하지 않는 무활조건(no slip condition)이 물리적으로 타당하다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 내부구조물인 교각이 존재하는 영역에서의 수평 2차원 유속분포를 구하기 위해 천수방정식을 Galerkin법과 Newton-Raphson법에 의해 이산화한 수치모형을 개발하였다. Yulistiyanto 등(1998)이 수치모의 및 수리실험에 사용한 조건을 채택하여 벽면에서의 접선방향 유속이 존재하는 활동조건과 벽면에서 유속이 없는 무활조건을 부여하고 교각을 포함한 수로에서 유속, 수위 및 전단분포를 해석하였다. 활동경계조건을 적용한 경우 교각 표면을 따라 큰 유속이 분포하고 후면에서도 관성력에 의해 흐름방향 유속이 두드러지게 나타났으나 무활조건을 적용한 경우 교각 후면에서 와가 형성되고 후류현상이 두드러지게 나타났다. 무활조건을 적용한 경우 교각 전면부에서는 선수파(bow wave)가 4 cm정도 높게 나타났으며 교각 측면부에서는 2 cm 높게 나타났다. 반면 교각 후면에서는 후류의 영향으로 수면이 2 cm 낮게 분포하였다. 교각부에 작용하는 전단력을 분석한 결과 무활조건을 적용한 경우가 활동조건을 적용한 경우에 비해 최대 6배 높은 전단력이 나타났다.