TIDALLY DRIVEN SEDIMENT TRANSPORT AND ITS IMPACT ON DREDGE LANES

J. N. Aldridge (UK) and S. G. Sajjadi (USA)

Received October 21, 2008

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Keywords and phrases: tidal flows, sediment transport, CFD, dredging.