Numerical Modeling of Bed Deformation in Laboratory Channels
Publication: Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
Volume 130, Issue 9
Abstract
A depth-average model using a finite-volume method with boundary-fitted grids has been developed to calculate bed deformation in alluvial channels. The model system consists of an unsteady hydrodynamic module, a sediment transport module and a bed-deformation module. The hydrodynamic module is based on the two-dimensional shallow water equations. The sediment transport module is comprised of semiempirical models of suspended load and nonequilibrium bedload. The bed-deformation module is based on the mass balance for sediment. The secondary flow transport effects are taken into account by adjusting the dimensionless diffusivity coefficient in the depth-average version of the turbulence model. A quasi-three-dimensional flow approach is used to simulate the effect of secondary flows due to channel curvature on bed-load transport. The effects of bed slope on the rate and direction of bed-load transport are also taken into account. The developed model has been validated by computing the scour hole and the deposition dune produced by a jet discharged into a shallow pool with movable bed. Two further applications of the model are presented in which the bed deformation is calculated in curved alluvial channels under steady- and unsteady-flow conditions. The predictions are compared with data from laboratory measurements. Generally good agreement is obtained.
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Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
Volume 130 • Issue 9 • September 2004
Pages: 894 - 904
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Copyright © 2004 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: Jun 19, 2002
Accepted: Apr 12, 2004
Published online: Aug 16, 2004
Published in print: Sep 2004
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