AccScience Publishing / AJWEP / Volume 4 / Issue 2 / DOI: 10.3233/AJW-2007-4_2_02
RESEARCH ARTICLE

Water Quality Modelling by Numerical Solution of ADE Using An Integrated Model

S.M. Kashefipour1* A.A. Tavakoli2 R.A. Falconer2
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1 Water Sciences Engineering Faculty, Shahid Chamran University, Ahwaz, Khozestan, Iran
2 Civil Engineering Department, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, UK
AJWEP 2007, 4(2), 11–15; https://doi.org/10.3233/AJW-2007-4_2_02
Submitted: 10 May 2006 | Accepted: 18 February 2007 | Published: 1 January 2007
© 2007 by the Author(s). This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution -Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC-by the license) ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ )
Abstract

Sediment and solute transport processes are the most important existing problems in the coastal, estuarine and riverine waters. Prediction of these processes may be carried out using the numerical solution of the partial differential and dynamic Advective–Diffusion Equation (ADE). The type of the numerical solution is considerably effective on the stability and accuracy of the solution. In this paper an integrated new and effective scheme has been presented, combining two different numerical methods including ULTIMATE QUICKEST (UQ) and finite difference central scheme for solving ADE. This integrated model was verified using a standard example, and was then successfully applied to predict the suspended sediment concentrations in the Humber river (UK).

Keywords
Numerical modelling
sediment and solute transport
ULTIMATE QUICKEST scheme
advective diffusion equation
Conflict of interest
The authors declare they have no competing interests.
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