Modelling Wave-current Interaction and Its Potential Influence on the Transport of Materials in Lake Taihu, China

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10.2991/ifeesd-16.2016.194How to use a DOI?

Keywords

wave; current; interaction; transport; Lake Taihu.

Abstract

A wave-current coupled model was established to investigate the interaction of wind-induced wave and current and its potential effect on the transport of materials in Lake Taihu, China. Different wind conditions were considered, and numerical experiments on the transportation of dissolved materials and particles were carried out in the northern part of Meiliang Bay. The results showed that the influences between wave and current were spatially heterogeneous. And under the given conditions, wave had an influence of less than about 5% on the current speed, but current could lead to more than 10% difference of the computed significant wave height. And the wave-current interaction was found to have larger impact on particles than on dissolved substances in the surface water, suggesting that this kind of interaction could be neglected when simulating the transportation of dissolved substances such as nitrogen and phosphorus, but may need to be considered in the studying of buoyant algae when its particle characteristic is important.

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© 2016, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Bo Yao
AU  - Qingquan Liu
PY  - 2016/05
DA  - 2016/05
TI  - Modelling Wave-current Interaction and Its Potential Influence on the Transport of Materials in Lake Taihu, China
BT  - Proceedings of the 2016 International Forum on Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1081
EP  - 1085
SN  - 2352-5401
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