Migration of the Mississippi River

The process of meandering has a powerful influence on man's use of rivers and river valleys. Flood control; navigation; bank protection; water supply projects; agricultural and urban development; transportation systems; and pipeline adjacent to rivers all require a sound knowledge of the meandering process, in order to he successful, with...

Shear-Stress and Sediment Distribution in a Meander Bend

A one-meter wide, meandering flume with movable sand bed was utilized in these experiments. Uniform flow was established at discharges of 20, 35, and 50 l/sec. Velocities near the bed, the distribution of sediment in transport, bed geometry, and strength of secondary flow were determined at each discharge . Bed shear stress was assumed to be...