An empirical formula development to predict suspended sediment load for Khour Al-Zubair port, South of Iraq
A new formula for determining the suspended sediment load in Khour Al-Zubair port has been proposed using dimensional analysis. Six cross-sections have been identified in Khour Al-Zubair port at Basrah province, South of Iraq for the purpose of conducting field measurements during the two tidal peri...
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| description | A new formula for determining the suspended sediment load in Khour Al-Zubair port has been proposed using dimensional analysis. Six cross-sections have been identified in Khour Al-Zubair port at Basrah province, South of Iraq for the purpose of conducting field measurements during the two tidal periods (Neap and Spring). The study involved taking field measurements of the hydraulic and fluid properties, and sediment sampling by section every 2 h to get effective parameters used for developing empirical formula. These parameters include the density of sediment (ρ
s), mean velocity (V), hydraulic radius (R
h), fall velocity of the particle (W
s), median grain size (d
50), the salinity of water (S), water level (W
L), the width of the estuary (B), specific gravity (G
s), maximum flow depth (D
max), and kinematics viscosity (ν). The formula was developed using the statistical analysis using the SPSS program and dimensional analysis method. A good agreement between the loads computed by the suggested formula and the observed data has been attained based on the correlation coefficient value (R = 0.97). The results showed that the average total suspended sediment loads by using the proposed formula is 1288285.464 tons/year. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fd3e8af3afdd444ca30fa56edde369e02022-12-22T03:33:36ZengDe GruyterOpen Engineering2391-54392022-03-0112116917510.1515/eng-2022-0021An empirical formula development to predict suspended sediment load for Khour Al-Zubair port, South of IraqDakheel Ahmed A.0Al-Aboodi Ali H.1Abbas Sarmad A.2Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Basrah, Basrah, IraqDepartment of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Basrah, Basrah, IraqDepartment of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Basrah, Basrah, IraqA new formula for determining the suspended sediment load in Khour Al-Zubair port has been proposed using dimensional analysis. Six cross-sections have been identified in Khour Al-Zubair port at Basrah province, South of Iraq for the purpose of conducting field measurements during the two tidal periods (Neap and Spring). The study involved taking field measurements of the hydraulic and fluid properties, and sediment sampling by section every 2 h to get effective parameters used for developing empirical formula. These parameters include the density of sediment (ρ s), mean velocity (V), hydraulic radius (R h), fall velocity of the particle (W s), median grain size (d 50), the salinity of water (S), water level (W L), the width of the estuary (B), specific gravity (G s), maximum flow depth (D max), and kinematics viscosity (ν). The formula was developed using the statistical analysis using the SPSS program and dimensional analysis method. A good agreement between the loads computed by the suggested formula and the observed data has been attained based on the correlation coefficient value (R = 0.97). The results showed that the average total suspended sediment loads by using the proposed formula is 1288285.464 tons/year.https://doi.org/10.1515/eng-2022-0021khor al-zubairπ-theoremsuspended sediment concentrationsdimensional analysis |
| spellingShingle | Dakheel Ahmed A. Al-Aboodi Ali H. Abbas Sarmad A. An empirical formula development to predict suspended sediment load for Khour Al-Zubair port, South of Iraq Open Engineering khor al-zubair π-theorem suspended sediment concentrations dimensional analysis |
| title | An empirical formula development to predict suspended sediment load for Khour Al-Zubair port, South of Iraq |
| title_full | An empirical formula development to predict suspended sediment load for Khour Al-Zubair port, South of Iraq |
| title_fullStr | An empirical formula development to predict suspended sediment load for Khour Al-Zubair port, South of Iraq |
| title_full_unstemmed | An empirical formula development to predict suspended sediment load for Khour Al-Zubair port, South of Iraq |
| title_short | An empirical formula development to predict suspended sediment load for Khour Al-Zubair port, South of Iraq |
| title_sort | empirical formula development to predict suspended sediment load for khour al zubair port south of iraq |
| topic | khor al-zubair π-theorem suspended sediment concentrations dimensional analysis |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1515/eng-2022-0021 |
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