Christelle, you may want to take a look at a recent article by S. Waldman et al., "Implementation of tidal turbines in MIKE 3 and Delft3D models of Pentland Firth & Orkney Waters", published in Ocean & Coastal Management. Good luck with your research.

Thanks a lot for your answers!

What type of turbine will you consider in your simulations (gravity based or floating)? what will be the discretization of your computational grid (same size of your turbine or larger than your turbine)?

Delft3d uses a hydrostatic approximation (vertical accelerations are not considered) and Mike 3 has a non-hydrostatic version. This might have an impact in your results.

Marco Piano Thanks for your specifications : I would study first bottom mounted device, and I am including energy extraction. So Mike with sand transport module seems relevant for this, and maybe if I have time I will do a comparison with Delft with floating devices.

@Eduardo Gonzales-Gorbena : It would be gravity based, and the grid will be the same size of the turbines in the area of interest. Thanks for information about Delft3d and Mike 3.

Christelle, I use Mike3 - Mud Transport in my research (Khowr e Musa estuary, in the Persian Gulf), It has Relatively accurate results, similar to field studies. I recommend you to use Mike3 model for similar studies.

Thanks Amir Jabari Kh