Professor Dr. Ammar Salman Dawood, a faculty member in the Civil Engineering Department at the College of Engineering, University of Basra, along with Professor Dr. Thamer Ahmed Mohammed from the Water Resources Engineering Department at the College of Engineering, University of Baghdad, and PhD student Sari Abdul Hamid Al-Zaidy from the Civil Engineering Department at the College of Engineering, University of Basra, collaborated on a research paper titled:

(Assessment of Predicted Hydro-Morphodynamic Responses of a Selected Compound Meandering–Anabranching Reach of the Tigris River to Proposed River Training Works) in the journal Water. Water is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by MDPI and indexed in Scopus, ranking in the first quartile (Q1) of international scientific journals with a CiteScore of 6.7. It is also indexed in Web of Science, ranking in the second quartile (Q2) with an Impact Factor of 3. This research addressed the evaluation of the hydro-morphodynamic responses of a 4.75 km meandering and branching section of the Tigris River within the city of Baghdad, where sedimentation, erosion, and the growth of sedimentary islands affect navigation, water intakes, and riverbank stability. Through advanced numerical modeling using the Delft3D-FM model, supported by field measurements of levels, velocities, discharges, and sediment load, more than 20 scenarios for groynes (riverbed flow structures) designs were tested. The results showed that an arrangement with length L = 0.25W and spacing S = 3L provided a balanced response in directing flow towards the main channel, reducing secondary branching activity and sedimentation, while minimizing the risk of localized erosion near the structures.

https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/18/11/1352?utm_source=chatgpt.com