Prediction of Gravel Transport Using Parker's Algorithm
This paper demonstrates that sediment discharge in gravel streams can be reasonably estimated by calibrating the Parker and Klingeman procedure. This paper also identifies the need for...
Predicting Critical Scour Stage at Bridges
After an initial level I screening process, most level II bridge scour studies result in recommendations for costly scour countermeasures. Typically, existing transportation budgets cannot...
Modeling Critical Depth in Open Channels
This paper explores multiple critical depths. Reasons behind and characteristics of their occurrence are reviewed. A method to determine multiple critical depths is proposed for use in...
A Comparison Between Two Kinematic Wave Solutions for Movement of Debris Flows
We compare an asymptotic kinematic wave solution for movement of debris flows with a solution obtained by the method of characteristics. The differences between the two solutions in the...
Roll Waves in Mud Flow
Permanent roll waves on a shallow layer of fluid mud which is modeled as a power-law fluid is studied. Based on long-wave approximation, momentum integral method is applied to derive the...
Friction in Debris Flows: Inferences from Large-scale Flume Experiments
A recently constructed flume, 95 m long and 2 m wide, permits systematic experimentation with unsteady, nonuniform flows of poorly sorted geological debris. Preliminary experiments with...
Comparison of Advective Transport Algorithms with an Application in Suisun Bay, a Sub-Embayment of San Francisco Bay, California
This paper examines the conservative properties of several numerical treatments of the salt conservation equation. Specifically, computationally efficient first and second order Eulerian-Lagrangian...
Sediment Deposition in Jennings Randolph Reservoir, Maryland and West Virginia
The watershed of the Jennings Randolph Reservoir covers 263 square miles of mountainous terrain in western Maryland and West Virginia. Sedimentation studies performed prior to impoundment...
Confirmation of Seismic Safety at Stafford Dam
A critical aspect of the North Marin Water District's mission to maintain reliable water supply facilities and water service is periodic assessment and re-evaluation of the seismic safety...
Bridge-Scour Analysis Using the
A program was developed to extract hydraulic information required for bridge-scour computations, from the Water-Surface Profile computation model (WSPRO). The program is written in compiled...
Bri-Stars Model for Alluvial River Simulation
The Bridge StreamTube Model for Alluvial River Simulation (BRI-STARS) is a semi-two-dimensional model capable of computing alluvial scour/deposition through subcritical, supercritical,...
Selecting Sediment Transport Equation for Scour Simulation at Bridge Crossing
Gravel transport formulas were tested in order to select a formula for simulating stream channel changes of Stony Creek in northern California. At a stream reach undergoing scour, the...
Debris Flow Initiation and Termination in a Gully
A comprehensive simulation model predicting the debris-flow discharge hydrograph, solids concentration in it and the process of variation of the channel due to vertical as well as lateral...
Sediment Deposition from Debris Flow on a Gentle and Wide Slope
Motion of sediment grains in the deposition process from debris flow on a gentle and wide slope was examined. A model of the deposition was presented on the basis of an analysis of grain...
Quantity and Quality of Dry Weather Flow in Las Vegas Valley, Nevada
In recognition of the potential for dry weather flows to convey pollutants from the Las Vegas Valley, the potential economic and resource value of these flows within the Valley, and the...
Protected Streamflow and Water Uses
The development of protected-streamflow standards is essential for the most desirable and equitable use of stream waters for aquatic habitats, municipal and industrial water supply, and...
Application of Environmental Regulations on Design of Hydraulic Structures for Open Cooling Water System
Design of intake and discharge structures for an open cooling water system for a thermal power plant requires that the design of hydraulic structures meets the federal, state, and local...
Methods for Prediction of Maximum Scour at Coastal Structures
The most common coast scour-related problems are toe scour at rubble mound structures and vertical seawalls, and scour at the base of piles and horizontal pipelines. Existing scour prediction...
Scour Inspection Using Ground Penetrating Radar
This paper examines the capabilities of Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) for river bed scour inspection based on a study carried out by Clarkson University, Potsdam, New York in association...
Debris Flow & Hyperconcentrated Flow: A UK Perspective
Debris-flow activity within the UK is largely confined to upland regions and certain coastal locations. Within the uplands, debris-flow and hyperconcentrated flood waters pose a local...
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