A water flow pattern analysis of Guajará Bay: Amazon Estuary - Brazil
AUTOR(ES)
Barros, Maria de Lourdes C., Sena, Manoel José dos Santos, Mesquita, André Luiz Amarante, Blanco, Claudio José C., Secretan, Yves
FONTE
Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
2011-03
RESUMO
This work describes the steps required to construct a hydrodynamic model of the Guajará Bay, using Geographic Information Systems and the Finite Element Method. An overview of the problem that motivates this modelling procedure, i.e., the pollutant dispersion, is presented. The computer software used is then discussed, stressing the links between the data model entities. The calibration procedure is described. The methods used to obtain field data and the results obtained are presented, alongside the main flow patterns of the water. The simulations and applications of the model are discussed at the end of the paper.
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