Controlling the surface water of Shatt Al Arab River by using sluice gates

Abstract EN

The purpose of this study is to find hydrodynamic simulations of river water by controlging gates in Shatt Al Arab river.

This river is formed by the meeting of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers near the city of Qurna in the south of Iraq, and it pours into the Arabian Gulf.

Hydrodynamic simulations give a proper understanding performance and optimize utilization of the gates controlging the water level.

Three different sluice gates opening cases simulate the water surface level using HEC-RAS in Shatt Al Arab river.

These cases where being studied within two situations of Tide (the highest high water level and the lowest low water level) within the downstream of Shatt Al Arab river.

The study also deals with six cases of flow rates in upstream of Shatt Al Arab river.

Hec-Ras model is produced by US Army for analyzing river system.

This model could simulate steady and unsteady open channel flow.