MEANDERING TENDENCIES IN STRAIGHT ALLUVIAL CHANNELS

MEANDERING BED PATTERN WITH ALTERNATE SCOUR HOLES, WHICH OCCUR OCCASIONALLY IN RIVERS, WAS REPRODUCED CONSISTENTLY IN A STRAIGHT LABORATORY FLUME. THE OCCURRENCE OF THIS PATTERN WAS DIRECTLY RELATED TO : (1) THE PRESENCE OF ROUGH WALLS, AND (2) THE INCREASE OF MAIN FLOW VELOCITY WITH BOTH TIME AND DISTANCE. THIS STUDY CLEARLY POINTED OUT THE IMPORTANCE OF INVESTIGATION ON UNSTEADY AND NONUNIFORM FLOWS FOR THE UNDERSTANDING OF RIVER MORPHOLOGY. /ASCE/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 94, No HY 4, PROC PAPER 6042, PP 997-1016, 11 FIG,
• Authors:
  • Shen, H W
  • Komura, S
• Publication Date: 1968-7

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Journal of the Hydraulics Division
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Channel flow; Flow; Hydraulic structures; Meanders; Morphology; Rivers; Scour; Sedimentation; Streamflow; Streams
• Uncontrolled Terms: Hydraulic models; Open channel flow
• Subject Areas: Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00204173
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 16 1994 12:00AM