33443

Hydrodynamic Model for the Water Renewal In The Damietta Port Basin

Article

Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

Subjects

-

Tags

-

Abstract

Planning and alignment of man-made maritime water areas such Damietta Port, have to be carefully designed to guarantee adequate water exchange between the port basin water and the open sea fresh water. Stagnant water areas could consist in isolated areas, artificial canals, islands, connection channels and structures that block the natural water flow. The properties of the water exchange rate of Damietta Port basin has been investigated as a response of relevant natural hydrodynamic drivers. A two-dimensional numerical model uses the equations of continuity and conservation of momentum was used to simulate the flow circulation patterns and tracking the pollutants transport in the port basin, depending on both water levels and wind data. The core of the work was to set up a hydrodynamic model for Damietta port, to determine the port basin hydrodynamic characteristics attitude. The tidal and wind data were used as input to the hydrodynamic model to simulate tidal currents in the port basin. Then, the results of the hydrodynamic model were analyzed to detect the tidal current characteristics and the general current patterns during a typical tidal cycle were simulated. Finally, the transport of pollutant particles in the port basin was simulated using the particle tracking technique in order to predict the pollutant particles movement. The results showed that the attitude of hydrodynamic characteristics of the port basin helps to make a good exchange of the fresh water between the port basin and the Mediterranean Sea.

DOI

10.21608/pserj.2017.33443

Keywords

Damietta port, water renewal, Hydrodynamic Model, tidal current, particle tracking

Authors

First Name

Ehab

Last Name

Tolba

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Port Said University, Egypt,

Email

tolba_1966@yahoo.com

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Elsayed

Last Name

Galal

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Port Said University

Email

elsayed.galal@eng.psu.edu.eg

City

Port Said

Orcid

0000-0002-1079-1868

First Name

Tarek

Last Name

Selim

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Lecturer, Faculty of Engineering, Port Said University, Egypt

Email

eng_tarek_selim@yahoo.com

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

H.

Last Name

Zaki

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Coastal and Port Eng., Suez Canal Research Center, Ismailia, Egypt.

Email

eng.hzy@gmail.com

City

-

Orcid

0000-0003-1849-0602

Volume

21

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

5598

Issue Date

2017-03-01

Receive Date

2017-03-10

Publish Date

2017-03-01

Page Start

59

Page End

67

Print ISSN

1110-6603

Online ISSN

2536-9377

Link

https://pserj.journals.ekb.eg/article_33443.html

Detail API

https://pserj.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=33443

Order

8

Type

Original Article

Type Code

813

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

Port-Said Engineering Research Journal

Publication Link

https://pserj.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

Hydrodynamic Model for the Water Renewal In The Damietta Port Basin

Details

Type

Article

Created At

22 Jan 2023