Print Email Facebook Twitter Modelling the response of channel and vegetation patterns to extreme discharge events Title Modelling the response of channel and vegetation patterns to extreme discharge events Author Bossenbroek, Yoram (TU Delft Civil Engineering and Geosciences; TU Delft Rivers, Ports, Waterways and Dredging Engineering) Contributor Wang, Z.B. (mentor) Sloff, C.J. (graduation committee) Bogaard, T.A. (graduation committee) Dijkstra, J.T. (graduation committee) van Oorschot, M. (graduation committee) Degree granting institution Delft University of Technology Date 2020-11-30 Abstract In this study, the effects of extreme flood events on vegetation and morphological patterns in a natural river were investigated. For this purpose a new vegetation-development model was introduced and linked to a hydro-morphodynamic Delft3D Flexible Mesh model. Based on the results in this study it can be concluded that the direct effects of an extreme flood are relatively low, with almost no vegetation removed during a flood event. However, the extreme floods lead to an increased area suitable for seedling colonization within the river floodplain, which is partly caused by the formation of a secondary channel in the extreme flood scenarios. This causes an increase in the seedling recruitment rate in the years directly after an extreme flood and in a higher vegetation coverage. Subject Riparian vegetationDelft3D flexible meshExtreme flood events To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:17e48db0-4474-4899-9f14-7cca63d5c9b1 Part of collection Student theses Document type master thesis Rights © 2020 Yoram Bossenbroek Files PDF MScThesis_YR_Bossenbroek.pdf 16.32 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:17e48db0-4474-4899-9f14-7cca63d5c9b1/datastream/OBJ/view