Simulation Model Pattern Distribution Sediment at Ambon Bay, Indonesia

¹ Departement Civil Engineering, Hasanuddin University, Makasar, Indonesia
² Departement Civil Engineering, The Mollucan Christian University of Indonesia, Ambon, Indonesia

^* Corresponding author: mukhsan.hatta@gmail.com

Abstract

The sedimentation occurring in the outer Ambon bay as a result of the effluent from Way Ruhu river causes the reduction the mouth of the outer Ambon Bay, so that it influences the current movement pattern and sediment distribution. This research aimed at analyzing the current movement pattern and sediment distribution pattern in the outer Ambon bay using two scenarios: with the reclamation and without reclamation. The research used the numerical model of MIKE 21DHI with modules of the hydrodynamic and mud transport. The research result indicates that the simulation current velocity with the absence of reclamation ranged from 0.0-0.4 m/s, while with the presence of the reclamation, the current velocity is slightly higher that is between 0.0 - 0.6 m/s the various velocity patterns. The sediment distribution pattern in the outer Ambon bay as the result of the effluent from the way Ruhu river follows the current movement. If the conditions leading to the tide and the highest tide, the sediment going out from way Ruhu river is pushed into the bay and vice versa, when the condition leading to the recede and lowest recede, the sediment concentration is pulled out from the bay. The suspended sediment concentration is between 0.002 kg/m3 - 0.030 kg/m3 with the various patterns. The suspended sediment concentration to the condition without reclamation is more collecting if compared with the suspended sediment concentration by the presence of the distributing reclamation because of current velocity effect.