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Flow Resistance Equation in Sand-bed Rivers and Its Practical Application in the Yellow River
To fully reflect the effect of the flow characteristics, sidewall conditions and sediment concentrations on the bed roughness of sand-bed rivers, this study established a new flow resistance equation by introducing a comprehensive influence coefficient presented via a combination of power-function forms of the relative flow velocity, von Karman constant of sediment-laden flows and the ratio of particle size to viscous sublayer thickness. The comprehensive influence coefficient accordingly acts as a synthesized factor representing the combined effects of the flow intensity, bed material movement, energy consumption condition, and relative friction condition in the near-wall region of sediment-laden flows. Based on the field data from sediment-laden flows under scenarios of both high and low sediment concentrations, the performance of the proposed equation was validated to achieve the best accuracy in the calculation of Manning’s roughness coefficient compared with that of several previously presented flow resistance equations. Furthermore, the proposed flow resistance equation was adopted to quantify the stable channel width of the Lower Yellow River (LYR), i.e., the optimum main channel width for sediment transportation in the typical wandering reach of the LYR. The calculated stable channel width is consistent with the current river training width of the LYR, indicating that the proposed equation has great potential as a theoretical tool that can be used to support the determination of the river training strategy for the LYR.
Flow Resistance Equation in Sand-bed Rivers and Its Practical Application in the Yellow River
To fully reflect the effect of the flow characteristics, sidewall conditions and sediment concentrations on the bed roughness of sand-bed rivers, this study established a new flow resistance equation by introducing a comprehensive influence coefficient presented via a combination of power-function forms of the relative flow velocity, von Karman constant of sediment-laden flows and the ratio of particle size to viscous sublayer thickness. The comprehensive influence coefficient accordingly acts as a synthesized factor representing the combined effects of the flow intensity, bed material movement, energy consumption condition, and relative friction condition in the near-wall region of sediment-laden flows. Based on the field data from sediment-laden flows under scenarios of both high and low sediment concentrations, the performance of the proposed equation was validated to achieve the best accuracy in the calculation of Manning’s roughness coefficient compared with that of several previously presented flow resistance equations. Furthermore, the proposed flow resistance equation was adopted to quantify the stable channel width of the Lower Yellow River (LYR), i.e., the optimum main channel width for sediment transportation in the typical wandering reach of the LYR. The calculated stable channel width is consistent with the current river training width of the LYR, indicating that the proposed equation has great potential as a theoretical tool that can be used to support the determination of the river training strategy for the LYR.
Flow Resistance Equation in Sand-bed Rivers and Its Practical Application in the Yellow River
Rongrong Cai (author) / Hongwu Zhang (author) / Yu Zhang (author) / Luohao Zhang (author) / Hai Huang (author)
2020
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