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Simulation and video animation of canal flushing created by a tide gate

January 1, 1988

A tide-gate algorithm was added to a one-dimensional unsteady flow model that was calibrated, verified, and used to determine the locations of as many as five tide gates that would maximize flushing in two canal systems. Results from the flow model were used to run a branched Lagrangian transport model to simulate the flushing of a conservative constituent from the canal systems both with and without tide gates. A tide gate produces a part-time riverine flow through the canal system that improves flushing along the flow path created by the tide gate. Flushing with no tide gates and with a single optimally located tide gate are shown with a video animation.

Publication Year 1988
Title Simulation and video animation of canal flushing created by a tide gate
Authors David H. Schoellhamer
Publication Type Conference Paper
Publication Subtype Conference Paper
Index ID 70013698
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse