Papers by Author: Xu Liu

Abstract: Caofeidian harbor is a large size deep-water harbor currently under construction in the eastern coast of north China. The construction began in 2003. Based on the measurements and analysis of the sediment samples collected from 2008 to 2010, the characteristics of suspended sediment concentration, suspended sediment and bed material grain diameter of the Caofeidian sea area with the progress of the engineering are presented. The measurements and analysis reveal that i) the suspended sediment concentration is low and decreases with the engineering progress; ii) the suspended sediment is very fine and becomes coarse in the deep-water channel; iii) the bed sediment in the east of Caofeidian foreland is much coarser than that in the west part.

Abstract: Caofeidian harbor is a large size deep-water harbor currently under construction in the Bohai Bay, the eastern coast of north China. The construction began in 2003. The characteristics of tides and tidal currents in the Caofeidian area are analyzed with field data from comprehensive field observations from 2008 to 2010. The field observations and analysis show that the tide is the irregular semi-diurnal and tidal current is characterized as a type of reverse flow with moving west during flood tides and east during ebb tides. In general, the flood current is slightly stronger than the ebb current, and the strongest tidal current appears in the Caofeidian foreland, which is the predominant driving force to maintain the deep water depth.