2D SEDIMENT TRANSPORT MODELLING TO THE SHATT AL-ARAB

Abstract

This study is an attempt to determine the suspended sediment transport of Shatt Al-Arab estuary (North west Arabian Gulf).Two dimensional time dependent hydrodynamics model coupled with sediment transport model were applied and solved numerically by using the explicit finite difference method, computer program used to simulate the flow and suspended sediment transport which shows a good agreement with the satellite image .The two cases of tide (spring and neap tides) were applied to the estuary ,which shows that the spring tide case was more verified than the neap tide case regarding the situation at the time the satellite image was taken .