Sediment Transport

The sediment transport add-on module for ISIS Professional allows you to predict the sediment transport rates and patterns of erosion/deposition in river channels. The module has been applied to many natural and engineered channels around the world and has been used to study sedimentation problems for both uniform and graded sediments. 

The module is able to predict sediment transport rates, bed elevations and amounts of erosion/deposition throughout a channel system. In summary, this is achieved with the following calculations at each timestep.

• The ISIS hydraulic engine calculates the hydraulic variables of flow, stage, velocity in the usual way
• Starting at the upstream end of the system, the sediment transport module engine then loops around the nodes calculating the sediment transport capacity and solving the sediment continuity equation for depth of erosion/deposition
• Finally the module updates the channel conveyance tables to allow for any calculated deposition or erosion ready for the next timestep
  
  

There are many user selected options within the module, including:

• Sediment transport equation
• Method used to update the channel geometry
• Specification of ‘rigid bed’ reaches
• Sediment grading curves
• Sediment boundary condition options
• Inclusion of dynamic dredging

The sediment transport module ‘works on top of’ a standard ISIS professional model and therefore, if suitable sediment data are available, it is easy to add sediment transport simulations to your river modelling project.

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