Mechanisms of hyperconcentrated ßood propagation in a dynamic channel-floodplain system

The downstream peak discharge increase during hyperconcentrated floods in the Yellow River has been attributed to bed erosion, roughness reduction and floodplain effects. While great improvements have been made on the nderstandings of the roles of bed erosion and roughness reduction, the effects of floodplain remain poorly understood. Here, as a...

Do intertidal flats ever reach equilibrium?

Various studies have identified a strong relation between the hydrodynamic forces and the equilibrium profile for intertidal flats. A thorough understanding of the interplay between the hydrodynamic forces and the morphology, however, concerns more than the equilibrium state alone. We study the basic processes and feedback mechanisms underlying...

Relative role of bed roughness change and bed erosion on peak discharge increase in hyperconcentrated floods

River floods are usually featured by a downstream flattening discharge peak whereas a downstream increasing discharge peak is observed at a rate exceeding the tributary discharge during highly silt-laden floods (hyperconcentrated floods) in China’s Yellow River. It entails a great challenge in the downstream flood defence and the underlying...

Morphological modeling using a fully coupled, total variation diminishing upwind-biased centered scheme

High-resolution morphological modeling of fluvial processes with complex, rapidly varying flows has been limited so far by model accuracy or computational efficiency. One of the most widely used numerical algorithms is based on the total variation diminishing method, solved by either upwind or centered approaches. An upwind scheme preserves high...

Morphodynamic development of the Yangtze and Scheldt Estuaries under influence of human interferences (abstract)

Relative role of bed roughness, bed erosion and channel storage on peak discharge increase in hyperconcentrated floods (abstract)

Eco-morphological problems in the Yangtze estuary and the Western Scheldt

This paper compares the Yangtze Estuary in China and the Western Scheldt Estuary in The Netherlands by their morphodynamic and ecological systems, their engineering works and estuarine management issues, and the major challenges in studying them. Physically speaking, the two estuaries are very different. The Yangtze Estuary is much larger and...

River Engineering

In this syllabus an overview is given of the basic knowledge, which is required to prepare interventions in rivers and to estimate the consequences of these interventions. The utilization of the river for human purposes and the knowledge of hydraulics, sediment transport and morphology will be treated. At the end of this syllabus some practice...

Rivierwaterbouwkunde

Deze syllabus beoogt een overzicht te geven van de basiskennis die nodig is om ingrepen in de rivier voor te bereiden en de gevolgen ervan te kunnen inschatten. Er wordt ingegaan op het gebruik dat de mens maakt van de rivier en op de kennis van de hydraulica, het sedimenttransport en de morfologie. Aan het einde van het dictaat worden...

A process-based approach to sediment transport in the Yangtze estuary

A process-based model for the Yangtze Estuary is constructed to study the sediment transport in the estuary. The proposed model covers the entire tidal region of the estuary, the Hangzhou Bay and a large part of the adjacent sea. The dominant processes, fluvial and tidal, are included in the model. The calibration of the model against extensive...

Coastal inlets and tidal basins

Rivierwaterbouwkunde

Modeling of channel patterns in short tidal basins

We model branching channel patterns in short tidal basins with two methods. A theoretical stability analysis leads to a relationship between the number of channels and physical parameters of the tidal system. The analysis reveals that width and spacing of the channels should decrease as the slope of the bottom profile and the Shields parameter...

Coastal inlets and Tidal basins

Coastal inlets and tidal basins

lecture note: Tidal inlets and their associated basins (lagoons) are a common feature of lowland coasts all around the world. A significant part ofthe world's coastlines is formed by barrier island coasts, and most other tidal coasts are interrupted by estuaries and lagoon inlets. These tidal systems play a crucial role in the sediment budget...

Tidal asymmetry and residual sediment transport in estuaries

Theoretical study on tidal asymmetry and application to the Westerschelde estuary.