INVESTIGATING THE ENCROACHMENTS IMPACT ON NILE RIVER HYDRODYNAMIC AND MORPHOLOGY

A. I., Ali,; A. M, Moussa,; A, El Mostafa,; Amira, F. A, Girgis,

doi:10.21608/jes.2017.19207

INVESTIGATING THE ENCROACHMENTS IMPACT ON NILE RIVER HYDRODYNAMIC AND MORPHOLOGY

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Hydraulic and Irrigation Department, Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University

² Nile River Institute, Ministry of Water Resource and Irrigation

³ Ministry of Water Resource and Irrigation

10.21608/jes.2017.19207

Abstract

In terms of the importance of protecting the Nile River in Egypt to satisfy the social and economic developments, this research was commenced with the main objective of investigating encroachment impacts on the flow characteristics and river morphology.Accustomed to the defined objectives, the research study phases (i.e. methodology) were designed to encompass 4 phases (i.e. theoretical, numerical investigation, analysis and inferential phases). This was achieved by implementing the available rating curves together with a 1-D model (GSTAR) and the hydrodynamics of the reach was investigated for different flood scenarios. Additionally, the 1-D model was tooled to estimate the morphological changes before and after encroachment at different flood scenarios

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