Modeling Sediment Transport in the Sinú River Delta, Colombia
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Sedimentation
Sediment transport and deposition modeling for ports, navigation channels, and contaminated-sediment sites — with the VIMS and SEDZLJ sub-models.
Sediment Transport & Channel Sedimentation
Maintaining safe depths in ports and navigation channels is an ongoing challenge. Sediment can deposit quickly after dredging, raising costs and creating safety risks — while resuspension can spread contamination and affect water quality.
Total suspended sediment simulation in EFDC+
EEMS Capabilities
EEMS offers two state-of-the-art sediment transport models: the VIMS-developed EFDC sub-model, and the SEDZLJ model from Sandia National Labs, which incorporates site-specific flume data for a physically consistent treatment of bedload and suspended sediment. Both are fully coupled to toxics simulation.
Related Research
Two-Dimensional Numerical Modelling of Sediment and Chemical Constituent Transport Within the Lower Reaches of the Athabasca River
Visit sourceSediment transport is a primary modeled process, though the chemical-constituent framing also ties to Contaminated Sediment Management.
Sediment Transport and Metals Modeling in an Urban Stream — The Don River, Toronto
Visit sourceSame overlap as above; sediment transport is core, metals contamination is the secondary angle.
Modeling of Sediment and Heavy Metal Transport in Taihu Lake, China
Visit sourceSame overlap; sediment transport process modeling with a contamination angle.
Three-Dimensional Modeling of Sediment Transport in the Wuhan Catchments of the Yangtze River
Visit sourceDirectly models sediment transport and bed change.
Wind-Wave Modeling with Sediment Transport in EFDC+
Visit sourceDirectly covers a sediment transport modeling feature.
Comparison of Different Turbulence Models on Sediment Transport
Visit sourceDirectly evaluates sediment transport model performance.
Ask The Experts: Sediment Transport Modeling
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Port of Anchorage, Alaska, USA — Harbor Expansion Sedimentation
Visit sourceThe US Army Engineer Alaska District used EEMS to assess how different expansion configurations for the Port of Anchorage would affect sedimentation rates in the harbor. A series of model runs compared deposition patterns under each scenario, giving planners the information they needed to proceed with confidence.
Puget Sound, Washington, USA — Sediment and Contaminant Transport
Visit sourceEEMS has supported multiple sediment studies in Puget Sound, including propeller wash scour modeling and fish passage work at the Ballard Locks. The complex tidal dynamics and sensitive salmon habitat of Puget Sound make it a demanding environment where EEMS’s full modeling capabilities are put to good use.
