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Effect of Coastal Dynamics on Interstitial Hydraulics in Beach Sediments

Okuroghoboye Diepreye ItughaDepartment of Civil Engineering, Federal University Otuoke, 400 University Boulevard, Otuoke, PMB 126, Bayelsa State, Nigeria

Vol 9 No 11 (2025): Volume 9, Issue 11, November 2025 | Pages: 99-116

International Research Journal of Innovations in Engineering and Technology

OPEN ACCESS | Research Article | Published Date: 13-11-2025

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Abstract

Results from the field experiments to investigate plume movement and solute transport caused by strong semidiurnal-tides in beach sand are presented. Field observations of the evolved solute plumes reveal a uniquely conical shape. The vertical and horizontal cross-sections of the contaminated areas were measured in the field. The digital images were processed for spatial dimensions and the colour intensity records were converted to concentration using calibration techniques. Solute transport described by the plumes along the vertical cross-sections of the vadose-zone was found to be non-Gaussian, differing from that in the horizontal cross-sections. Fully developed two-dimensional (2D) plumes are used to account for the contaminant movement and transport in the sediments. We describe the influence of effective radial dispersion coefficient using moment’s analysis, which can be applied to the advective-dispersion-equation (ADE) in cylindrical coordinates. A Gaussian model was also applied to individual plumes to determine the longitudinal (vertical), transverse (horizontal) flow cross-sections and concentration dataset. The effective radial hydrodynamic dispersion coefficients varied from 6.141x10-06m2/hr to 4.16148x10-05m2/hr within the mean radial distance of about 0.25m and 3.475x10-3m/hr in pore-fluid flow. The quantitative results from the calibration and analytic processes will be useful benchmark for prediction, validation and sensitivity studies, such as involving solute dispersion arising from spatial fluctuations of the velocity field due to tidal changes affecting the morphology of the River Mersey Estuary (RME). 

Keywords

Coastal dynamics, visual scaling technique (VST), dispersivity, River Mersey Estuary (RME), hydraulics, concentration


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Okuroghoboye Diepreye Itugha. (2025). Effect of Coastal Dynamics on Interstitial Hydraulics in Beach Sediments. International Research Journal of Innovations in Engineering and Technology - IRJIET, 9(11), 99-116. Article DOI https://doi.org/10.47001/IRJIET/2025.911013

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