Velocity distributions in vegetated particle-laden flows

With increasing concern about living conditions of river dwellers as well as flood irrigation methods in low-lying flood plains, it is important to find out how vegetation in the river affects the bed load of the channel so that flood mitigation measures can be implemented. Experiments were carried...

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Main Author: Kee, Shanyin.
Other Authors: Cheng Niansheng
Format: Final Year Project (FYP)
Language:English
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/44455
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description With increasing concern about living conditions of river dwellers as well as flood irrigation methods in low-lying flood plains, it is important to find out how vegetation in the river affects the bed load of the channel so that flood mitigation measures can be implemented. Experiments were carried out to investigate velocity distributions and sediment concentration in vegetated open channel flows in the presence of sediment transport. Four different vegetation configurations are explored to characterise how sediments behave with a variation of flow depths. Roughness of the vegetation as well as uneven distribution of vegetation canopy and flexibility of vegetation were not taken into consideration in this project as rigid rods were used to model vegetation. Observations of bed form, flow velocity, turbidity and sediment concentrations are made to be compared with the variation of vegetation density and flow depth.
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spelling ntu-10356/444552023-03-03T16:59:41Z Velocity distributions in vegetated particle-laden flows Kee, Shanyin. Cheng Niansheng School of Civil and Environmental Engineering DRNTU::Engineering::Civil engineering::Water resources With increasing concern about living conditions of river dwellers as well as flood irrigation methods in low-lying flood plains, it is important to find out how vegetation in the river affects the bed load of the channel so that flood mitigation measures can be implemented. Experiments were carried out to investigate velocity distributions and sediment concentration in vegetated open channel flows in the presence of sediment transport. Four different vegetation configurations are explored to characterise how sediments behave with a variation of flow depths. Roughness of the vegetation as well as uneven distribution of vegetation canopy and flexibility of vegetation were not taken into consideration in this project as rigid rods were used to model vegetation. Observations of bed form, flow velocity, turbidity and sediment concentrations are made to be compared with the variation of vegetation density and flow depth. Bachelor of Engineering (Environmental Engineering) 2011-06-01T08:58:02Z 2011-06-01T08:58:02Z 2011 2011 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/44455 en Nanyang Technological University 49 p. application/pdf
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Velocity distributions in vegetated particle-laden flows
title Velocity distributions in vegetated particle-laden flows
title_full Velocity distributions in vegetated particle-laden flows
title_fullStr Velocity distributions in vegetated particle-laden flows
title_full_unstemmed Velocity distributions in vegetated particle-laden flows
title_short Velocity distributions in vegetated particle-laden flows
title_sort velocity distributions in vegetated particle laden flows
topic DRNTU::Engineering::Civil engineering::Water resources
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