EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON SUSPENDED SEDIMENT TRANSPORT TO REPRESENT TIDAL BASIN MANAGEMENT

Abstract

The main purpose of Tidal Basin Management is to get suspended sediment deposits gradually under a controlled system. When a cut is made at an appropriate point of embankment, muddy water enters the tidal basin during high tide, depositing a portion of suspended sediments on the basin before flowing back towards the ocean during low tide. An attempt has been made to study through laboratory experiments to precisely look into the suspended sediment transport at entrance of beel. With change of outflow at side basin or tidal beel and change of sediment concentration at inlet, the transportation and deposition of sediment are investigated. Transportation and deposition of suspended sediment mainly depend upon direction of flow and magnitude of outflow discharge at side basin. Better understanding of sediment transport phenomena increases the effectiveness of Tidal Basin Management.