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Hydrodynamic evaluation of a flood embankment in the Amazon estuary region, Brazil.

Blanco, Claudio José Cavalcante; Sena, Manoel José dos Santos; Mesquita, André Luiz Amarante; Filho, Manoel Ribeiro et Secretan, Yves (2013). Hydrodynamic evaluation of a flood embankment in the Amazon estuary region, Brazil. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Civil Engineering , vol. 166 , nº 6. pp. 49-55. DOI: 10.1680/cien.13.00004.

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Climate change and sea-level rise are likely to have a significant impact on the low-lying coastal areas of Brazil around the Amazon estuary. However, the huge river flows - equivalent to a fifth of the world's total - combined with strong tidal effects and complex coastal morphology make the design and analysis of future flood protection works particularly challenging. This paper reports on the development, calibration and application of a successful hydrodynamic model for a new flood embankment in the coastal city of Belém. The model uses a geographic information system and finite-element method to solve shallow water equations, and appears suitable for wider application in the Amazon estuary.

Type de document: Article
Mots-clés libres: coastal engineering; embankments; hydraulics; hydrodynamics
Centre: Centre Eau Terre Environnement
Date de dépôt: 29 nov. 2016 21:19
Dernière modification: 07 déc. 2020 16:12
URI: https://espace.inrs.ca/id/eprint/3391

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