Step-Pool Streams: An Adjustment to Maximum Flow Resistance

by Athol D. Abrahams, Univ of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, United States,
Gang Li, Univ of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, United States,
Joseph F. Atkinson, Univ of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, United States,



Document Type: Proceeding Paper

Part of: Hydraulic Engineering

Abstract:

An experiment was conducted to study the maximum flow resistance of step pool streams and the morphology of the steps formed from clastic materials. The step pool formation was qualitatively simulated to analyze numerically the formation process. A flume 4.88 mm long and .15 m wide was used and flow velocity measurements were done by electronically timing passage of salt plume down the flume. Observations showed that the natural step pool streams arranged the morphology to maximize flow resistance.

Subject Headings: Flow resistance | Flow measurement | Load and resistance factor design | Fluid flow | Rivers and streams | River flow | Flumes

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