A two-phase approach for computing sediment transport in estuarine zones

This paper presents a 2-D fluid-particles model for computing sediment tran sport in estuarine zones. This model is based on resolving the mass, moment um and constitutive equations for free-surface and multi-phase flows. The f luid-particles and particle-particle interactions are taken into account in the model. Chorin's method combined with a finite differences technique is used. Benchmark tests, which describe the suspended-sediment transport, an d the flow engendered by solid-particles settling in a reservoir, have been carried out to validate the present model. (C) 2000 Academie des sciences/ Editions scientifiques et medicales Elsevier SAS.