Bed topography in shallow river bends

A mathematical model of the flow and bed topography in curved channels

A two-dimensional horizontal mathematical model of the flow and bed topography in alluvial channel bends is presented. The applicability of the model is restricted to channels of which the width-depth ratio is large, the Froude number is small, bed load is dominant and grain sorting effects are negligible. First order analyses of the...

Alternate bars in and meandering of alluvial rivers

The paper presents a linear perturbation analysis of a horizontal two-dimensional mathematical model for the flow and bed topography in straight alluvial rivers with dominant bed-load. A sediment transport model including effects of transverse bed slope, secondary (helical) flow and secondary flow inertia is employed. The stability and the...

Influence of secondary flow on meandring of rivers

A linear stability analysis of the governing equations for the bed and flow topography in straight alluvial channels is treated. The flow is described by a horizontal two-dimensional model, but secondary flow due to curvature of the streamlines is included. Further more knowledge about secondary flow inertia achieved in recent years is...