Wave-induced transport and transformation of pollutants in coastal sediments

• Dr. Dong Jeng
• Miss Sally Williams
• Dr. Ling Li (UQ)
• Professor Andrew Barry (EPFL)

The sediments in many bays and estuaries in Australia are contaminated by pollutants due to discharge of waste from the river, groundwater or/and ocean outfall. Thus, the wave-induced transport and transformation of pollutants in coastal sediments is particularly important for coastal and environmental engineering.

The project consists of three tasks:
(1) Analytical model for two-layered fluid system (including surface and interfacial waves)
(2) Numerical approaches for wave-induced convection acceleration with marine sediments
(3) Numerical simulation of wave-induced transformation of pollutants in marine sediments

This project is support by Australian Research Council Discovery Grant.