This tutorial document will guide you how to setup a Coastal Sediment Model base on Tra_khuc example. So it is supposed that the hydrodynamic model of Tra_Khuc has been set ( Build a 3D Coastal Model). so that it adds the sediment transport to this model.
Open the Tra_Khuc Hydrodynamic Model ( See Figure 1)
Figure 1 EE main form of Tra_Khuc Hydrodynamic Model.
The user go to Active Modules tab, check on boxes to activate sediment ( See Figure 2), the Sediments tab will be added to the left-side tab.
Figure 2 Activate Sediment Module.
Click Sediments tab on the left-side tab then click Modify button (See Figure 3). A form of Sediments and Sediment Bed Properties appear, the user put the number of Sediment Bed Layers, Cohesives, and Non-cohesives ( See Figure 4).
Figure 3 Editing Sediment Module.
Figure 4 Sediment Transport – General.
Figure 5 Sediment Transport – Cohesives.
The user put values of IC WC Conc, IC Bed Mass, Specific gravity, and Median Diameter then select Van Rijn option of Equilibrium Conc then click Set Parameters to initialize the sediment properties using the Van Rijn equations. (See Figure 6).
Figure 6 Sediment Transport – Non-Cohesives Suspended.
Figure 7 shows the tab for the Non-Cohesives Bedload. Pressing the Initialize Constants button will bring up a dialog box asking the user to select the bedload approach to use ( See Figure 8 ). EFDC_Explorer sets the bed load transport constants to standard literature values for the computational approach selected.
Put 1 then click OK button. Click Set All button to set all non-cohesive bedload to the current class.
Figure 7 Sediment Transport – Non-Cohesives Bedload.
Figure 8 Bedload Constants Initialization.
Figure 9 shows the tab for the Morphology & Consolidation of the sediment properties option. In this tab the user may specify various bed consolidation and bed morphology settings.
Figure 9 Sediment Transport – Morphology and Consolidation.
Figure 10 shows the tab for the Bed Processes.
Figure 10 Sediment Transport – Bed Processes.
There are several ways to build sediment beds in EFDC_Explorer. The simplest option is to create a uniform bed as shown in Figure 11. Other option, using a sediment cores with grainsize which is described in Sediment Bed Core Initialization.
Figure 11 shows the sediment parameters form with the Initial Conditions tab selected.
Figure 11 Sediment Transport – Initial Conditions.
Figure 12 Uniform Sediment Bed Generation.
Figure 13 Boundary Sediment Settings.
Figure 14 Cohesive Sediment Data Series.
Figure 15 Non-Cohesive Sediment Data Series.
Figure 16 Edit Boundary Group.
Figure 17 Boundary Condition Definition/Groups.
Figure 18 Modify/Edit Flow BC Properties.
Figure 19 Set Water Layer of Model.
Figure 20 Save and Run Model.
Figure 21 EFDC Sediment Model Running Window.