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E3S Web Conf.
Volume 40, 2018
River Flow 2018 - Ninth International Conference on Fluvial Hydraulics
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Article Number | 03035 | |
Number of page(s) | 8 | |
Section | Hydraulic structures and their effects on bed, flow regime and ecology | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20184003035 | |
Published online | 05 September 2018 |
Degradational response of engineered channels to changes in the upstream controls and channel width: Simplified 1D numerical simulations
1
Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Department of Hydraulic Engineering, P.O. Box 5048, 2600 GA, Delft, the Netherlands
2
University of South Carolina, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Columbia, USA
* Corresponding author: m.s.tewolde@tudelft.nl
In response to changes in the upstream controls (i.e., the water discharge, the sediment supply rate, and the calibre of the load), engineered alluvial channels adjust their bed slope and bed surface texture to establish a new equilibrium state. Here we present and discuss various causes of degradational response of engineered channels to changes in the upstream controls and channel width. For that purpose, we apply a simplified 1D numerical research code to a schematic river reach of constant width consisting of mixed-size sediment, and assess its equilibrium state and transient response. We illustrate that the following perturbation to an initially equilibrium state lead to a degradational response: an increase of the water discharge, a decrease of the sediment supply rate, an increase of the sand content of the sediment supply, an increase of the gravel content of the sediment supply, and a decrease of the channel width. Degradational response under all conditions is associated with surface coarsening. The equilibrium states of the numerical simulations agree with analytical solutions. The results provide insight into the current degradational response of engineered rivers, such as the Rhine River, the Elbe River and the Danube River.
© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2018
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