SEDITRANS – Sediment transport in fluvial, estuarine and coastal environment
Good Practices Category
Good Practices Summary
The proposed research focuses on: i) modeling and algorithm development for sediment transport in river and coastal flows and for inland and offshore turbidity currents or debris flows, and ii) experiments and simulations of sediment transport in river and coastal flows, and sediment-laden density underflows in reservoirs and submarine canyons.
Mitigation
The risks associated with the transport of sediment in rivers, estuaries and along the coast are best known through the Project. This allows a better understanding and prediction of them.
Replicability/Knowledge Transfer
The research work completed during the project resulted in a total of 23 articles in peer-reviewed journals, 3 articles in book series and 56 articles and abstracts in conference proceedings. Furthermore, the Fellows have organized and participated in several outreach activities targeting the public and high-school students.
Resources
The Project has develop a model to predict the free-surface flows and sediment transport considering turbulent stresses, flow resistance and bedload transport.
Target Audience
Social Dimension
The Project brings together six academic and four industrial partners and provides an elaborate and interdisciplinary training-through-research program to 12 early stage and 4 experienced researchers. It includes a comprehensive academic program, secondments at industrial partners, workshops, winter and summer schools, thematic conferences, production of guidelines and complementary activities.
Innovation Type
Awareness, Methodology, Social, Technology, ToolkitInnovation
The main innovation produced through the Project was to develop algorithms for modelling sediment transport in river and coastal flows and for inland and offshore turbidity currents or debris flows.
Outcome/Barriers
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