Sediment Flushing at the Nakdong River Estuary Barrage
Publication: Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
Volume 137, Issue 11
Abstract
The Nakdong River Estuary Barrage (NREB) prevents salt-water intrusion but causes sedimentation problems in the Lower Nakdong River in South Korea. Its mitigation requires mechanical dredging to maintain the flood conveyance capacity during typhoons. This analysis focuses on the possibility of replacing mechanical dredging with sediment flushing through gate operations changes at NREB. The new approach first defines sediment flushing curves as a function of river stage and discharge. The feasibility of flushing is then assessed from the comparison of the flushing curves with the flow duration curves. The detailed analysis of long-term simulations using a quasi-steady numerical model provides detailed simulation results. The model applications from 1998 to 2003 incorporate tidal effects at 15-min intervals and also include major floods caused by typhoons Rusa in 2002 and Maemi in 2003. Accordingly, about 54% of the mean annual dredging volume could be eliminated by sediment flushing at NREB. The model also quantified the flood stage differences for sediment flushing operations with and without dredging. The resulting stage difference at NREB during floods would be less than 30 cm.
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Acknowledgments
The writers gratefully acknowledge the assistance of the Nakdong River Regional Office of the Korean Water Resources Corporation (K-water and formerly KOWACO), especially Dr. Byungdal Kim, and the Nakdong River Flood Control Office for providing detailed and relevant field data and information for this study. This research was partially supported by the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (No. UNSPECIFIED2010-004786).
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Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
Volume 137 • Issue 11 • November 2011
Pages: 1522 - 1535
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Received: Nov 12, 2009
Accepted: Jan 18, 2011
Published online: Oct 14, 2011
Published in print: Nov 1, 2011
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