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Apr 26, 2012
Sedimentation in Vegetated Rivers
Authors: Marcelo García and Fabián LópezAuthor Affiliations
Publication: Engineering Approaches to Ecosystem Restoration
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Dimensional analysis and numerical modeling are combined to obtain a simple expression for estimating the capacity of vegetated open channels to transport suspended sediment under equilibrium conditions. The numerical model consists of a two-equation closure scheme of the k-ε type, with parameters calibrated using laboratory observations in an open channel with simulated vegetation. A simple power-type expression is found to provide a very good collapse of all the experimental data involving the Rouse number, the relative submergence, the particle Reynolds number and the dimensionless plant density as independent variables.
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Engineering Approaches to Ecosystem Restoration
Pages: 937 - 942
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© 1998 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Apr 26, 2012
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Marcelo García
Associate Professor, Dept. of Civil Engrg. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 250 N. Mathews, Urbana, IL 61801-2352
Fabián López
Researcher, Instituto Nacional del Agua y del Ambiente, Córdoba, Argentina
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