Flood Plain and Main Channel Flow Interaction
Publication: Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
Volume 109, Issue 8
Abstract
Experimental results are presented concerning the discharge characteristics, the boundary shear stress and boundary shear force distributions in a compound section comprising of one rectangular main channel and two symmetrically disposed flood plains. Equations are presented giving the shear force on the flood plains as a percentage of the total shear force in terms of two dimensionless parameters. The experimental shear force results are used to derive ancillary equations for the lateral and vertical transfer of momentum within the cross section. The apparent shear force acting on the vertical interface between one flood plain and the main channel is shown to increase rapidly for low relative depths and high flood plain widths. Equations are also presented giving the proportion of the total flow which occurs in the various sub areas. The division of flow based on linear proportion of the areas is shown to be inadequate on account of the interaction between the flood plain and main channel flows.
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Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
Volume 109 • Issue 8 • August 1983
Pages: 1073 - 1092
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Published online: Aug 1, 1983
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