Responses of river bed evolution to flow-sediment process changes after Three Gorges Project in middle Yangtze River:A case study of Yaojian reach

The Three Gorges Project(TGP)has changed the flow-sediment process in the middle Yangtze River.For navigation purposes,there is an urgent need to study the changes of the river regime over a long-term period and the shoal-channel evolution over different seasons since the completion of the TGP.Based on analysis of the measured data and the results of a two-dimensional mathematical model,the changes of the river regime and river bed evolution in the Yaojian reach downstream of the TGP were studied.Results show that a high sediment transport flux helps to keep the main flow in the North Branch,while a low sediment transport flux helps to keep the main flow in the South Branch.Thus,the main branch will not change in the near future because of the low sediment transport load.In this study,the flow-sediment process adjusted by the TGP was restored to the conditions before the TGP,and the river bed evolution under the adjusted and non-adjusted flow-sediment conditions was calculated.After the completion of the TGP,the reservoir storage accelerated the flood recession process and decreased the erosion by 11.9%under the flow-sediment conditions in 2010,and the deposition in the flood season decreased by 56.4%.

Stability of Geothermal Convection in Anisotropic River Beds

The onset of thermal convection, due to heating from below in a system consisting of a fluid layer overlying a porous layer with anisotropic permeability and thermal diffusivity, is investigated analytically. The porous medium is both anisotropic in permeability whose principal axes are oriented in a direction that is oblique to the gravity vector and in thermal conductivity with principal directions coincident with the coordinate axes. The Beavers-Joseph condition is applied at the interface between the two layers. Based on parallel flow approximation theory, a linear stability analysis is conducted to study the geothermal river beds system and documented the effects of the physical parameters describing the problem. The critical Rayleigh numbers for both the fluid and porous layers corresponding, to the onset of convection arising from sudden heating and cooling at the boundaries are also predicted. The results obtained are in agreement with those found in the past for particular isotropic and anisotropic cases and for limiting cases concerning pure porous media and for pure fluid layer. It has demonstrated that the effects of anisotropic parameters are highly significant.

Analysis on Scour Characteristics under River Bed Variation in Weir Downstream

Various river projects are underway in small rivers in Korea that typically have natural flows. However, recent findings have shown that damages could be aggravated by structures such as weirs and drop structures during flood incidents. Experimental studies for securing the stability of flood control for these artificial structures have been insufficient, and designs applying the existing domestic design standards would not be suitable for the steep flow sections such as the actual small rivers, possibly aggravating the damages. The present study involved hydraulic model experiments conducted in a laboratory to investigate the surrounding flow patterns according to the river bed slope at the downstream part of the weir model. Further, the scour characteristics in the apron section during the overflow of the structure were analyzed to determine the appropriateness of the apron length. Thus, as the upstream river bed slope gradually increased, the experimental scour length deviated more from the design criteria formula. The results suggest that both the formula suggested by the National Construction Research Institute and Bligh’s formula presented in the River Design Criteria are not suitable for steep-slope rivers, such as small rivers in Korea, because both formulas were proposed based on the seepage line distance and river bed materials without considering the slope of the river bed. Thus, in designing the apron and bed pitching of weirs and drop structures, the river bed slope, scour characteristics of weir overflow, and existing design factors should be comprehensively considered to devise a design formula appropriate for environment of the small rivers in Korea.

Analysis on River Bed Changes in Weir Downstream by Real-Scale Experiment

Flood damage has aggravated recently owing to artificial structures in high flow rare areas such as small rivers, which can lead to secondary damage. In this regard, studies are required to examine the conventional design criteria formulas to secure the stability of structures such as weirs and drop structures. Although studies on the stability of these structures have been conducted through small-scale experiments, few empirical studies have investigated the hydraulic phenomena occurring near actual artificial structures. In this study, we fabricated real-size models of weir and drop structure at the Andong River Experiment Center and investigated the flow patterns around the structures by applying the particle image velocimetry analysis technique with a flow tracker. We also measured the scour length in the waterspout section when the structures are overflowing, and compared it with the values calculated using the formula. Consequently, as the supply flow increases, the result is different from the value calculated using the formula given in the existing design standard, and it is judged to be inappropriate for a small stream area with high flow rate. Thus, it is necessary to consider the design factors such as energy gradient and the flow amount per unit width into weir and drop structure as well as the existing design factors in designing an apron section for a weir and drop structure.

MATHEMATICAL MODEL OF RIVER BED CHANGE DOWNSTREAM OF XIAOLANGDI RESERVOIR

A mathematical model of river be d change downstream of the Xiaolangdi Reservoir was developed based on the most recent achievement of sediment theory in the Yellow River. The model was verified by the comparison of computed results and measured data from 1986 to 1996. Num erical prediction of the erosion and deposition downstream of the Xiaolangdi Res ervoir in its first operation year was carried out, and a series of suggestions were given for reservoir operation mode in its early operation period.

Roughness coefficient and its uncertainty in gravel-bed river

Manning＇s roughness coefficient was estimated for a gravel-bed river reach using field measurements of water level and discharge, and the applicability of various methods used for estimation of the roughness coefficient was evaluated. Results show that the roughness coefficient tends to decrease with increasing discharge and water depth, and over a certain range it appears to remain constant. Comparison of roughness coefficients calculated by field measurement data with those estimated by other methods shows that, although the field-measured values provide approximate roughness coefficients for relatively large discharge, there seems to be rather high uncertainty due to the difference in resultant values. For this reason, uncertainty related to the roughness coefficient was analyzed in terms of change in computed variables. On average, a 20% increase of the roughness coefficient causes a 7% increase in the water depth and an 8% decrease in velocity, but there may be about a 15% increase in the water depth and an equivalent decrease in velocity for certain cross-sections in the study reach. Finally, the validity of estimated roughness coefficient based on field measurements was examined. A 10% error in discharge measurement may lead to more than 10% uncertainty in roughness coefficient estimation, but corresponding uncertainty in computed water depth and velocity is reduced to approximately 5%. Conversely, the necessity for roughness coefficient estimation by field measurement is confirmed.

Distribution and number change of the Littorinidae (Gastropoda) on intertidal hard bed in the Jiulong River Estuary

There are 4 species of Littorinidae on the intertidal hard bed in the Jiulong River Estu-ary. They are Littorina scabra, L. brevicula, Nodilittorina pyramidalis pyramidalis and N.millegrana. Of these species, L. scabra is a dominant species. According to the results of in-vestigation, we find distribution patterns of the Littorinidae on intertidal hard bed in theestuary as follows: (1)There is no Littorinid species at Haicheng Station. (2)There is only Lit-

Theoretical analyses on bed topography responses in large depth-to-width ratio river bends with constant curvatures

Bed morphology is the result of a dynamic response to a complex meandering river system. It is an important factor for the further development of river. Based on the meandering river characterized by a large depth-to-width ratio, a theoretical model is established with the coupling of Navier-Stokes （N-S）~ sediment transport, and bed deformation equations. The flow characteristics and bed response of river are obtained with the perturbation method. The research results show that, under the effect of two- dimensional flow disturbance, the bars and pools present the regular response. For a given sinuousness, the amplitude of the bed response can be used as a criterion to judge the bedform stability. The effects of the Reynolds number, disturbance wavenumber, sinuousness, and bed morphology gradient on the bed response development are described.

An Investigation of Stochastic Nature of Bed Load Motion in Chuanjiang River

Bed Load Motion and its transport rate is one of the basic issues in river dynamics.In this paper, the authors discussed the stochastic nature of bed load motion in Chuanjiang River in details.Chungjiang lies in the upstream reach of Yangtze River.Its stochastic nature is shown in the following four aspects.Firstly, even though all the conditions are the same,due to the fluctuation of the flow,the bed load discharge and the location and width of sediment transport belts are different.Secondly,during the ...

Estimation of Bed Shear Stresses in the Pearl River Estuary

Mean and fluctuating velocities were measured by use of a pulse coherent acoustic Doppler profiler （PC-ADP） and an acoustic Doppler velocimeter in the tidal bottom boundary layer of the Pearl River Estuary. The bed shear stresses were estimated by four different methods： log profile （LP）, eddy correlation （EC）, turbulent kinetic energy （TKE）, and inertial dissipation （ID）. The results show that （a） all four methods for estimating bed stresses have advantages and disadvantages, and they should be applied simultaneously to obtain reliable frictional velocity and to identify potential sources of errors; （b） the LP method was found to be the most suitable to estimate the bed stresses in non-stratified, quasi-steady, and homogeneous flows; and （c） in the estuary where the semi-diurnal tidal current is dominant, bed shear stresses exhibit a strong quarter-diurnal variation.

Surface flow constructed wetland with composite plant bed for pretreatment of micro-polluted Yellow River raw water in China

In order to investigate the feasibility of pretreating the micro-polluted Yellow River raw water by constructed wetland, an experiment was conducted using a surface flow constructed wetland with composite plant bed. The contamination removal efficiency and their trends in the wetland treatment system were studied under different hydraulic loading rates(HLR). The contamination removal efficiencies were compared according to the seasonal change under optimum HLR. The result shows that in the same season, under different hydraulic loadings ranging from 2 to 6 m3/(m2·d) at the same period, the best HLR is 4 m3/(m2·d) in the experimental system. The average removal rates of COD, TN, ammoniacal nitrogen(NH4+-N), and TP in the constructed wetland are 38.37%, 45.97%, 39.86% and 41.69%, respectively. According to China Standard for Surface Water Resources (GB3838-2002), mean effluent of COD, TN, NH4+-N and TP can nearly reach Grade Ⅲ, GradeⅤ, GradeⅠand GradeⅠ, respectively. Furthermore, treatment efficiency of the system in summer is obvious higher than that in other seasons. The expenditure of constructing the constructed wetland with the average treating capacity of 176 m3/d and lifetime of 20 years is 17075.00 RMB. The average disposal cost is summed up to 0.17 RMB/m3, which shows that the pretreatment of the micro-polluted Yellow River raw water by constructed wetland is feasible.

三峡水库运用后长江中游河漫滩演变趋势分析

长江中游历来是防洪重点,河漫滩的演变速率虽然相对缓慢,但新水沙条件下河漫滩的长期累积性变化值得关注。以三峡水库175 m运行期长江中游多处典型河漫滩淹没特征流量的统计分析作为基础,量化分析了三峡水库蓄水前后径流过程在河漫滩淹没特性方面的变化,结合滩面植物对季节性水文波动淹没耐受能力的分析,指出三峡水库蓄水前后径流过程变化造成的季节性淹没不足以阻断滩面植物的生长发育。由于一系列涉水工程的控制作用,长江中游河漫滩的横向变形受到了极大的抑制,但在滩面植被缓流滞沙效应下,长江中游河漫滩总体仍呈现缓慢淤高的长期趋势。

导流兼泄洪冲沙洞消力池体型优化及河床冲刷研究

导流兼泄洪冲沙洞中消力池经常存在水跃波动范围不稳定、水流跃出边墙等问题。为获得良好的消能防冲效果,通过数值模拟与物理模型试验相结合的方法,对导流兼泄洪冲沙洞泄洪过程的流体运动进行研究,获得流场水力性能参数以及下游河床冲刷情况,分析不同方案对消力池水力特性的影响并进行物理试验验证。结果显示:消力池末端在增设矩形尾坎后水流流态得到改善;同时池内进出口流速降幅最大为7.66 m/s,而压强分布均匀、无负压产生,且消能率达到80.60%。在设计和校核工况下,增设矩形尾坎后河床冲坑范围相较于原方案分别减少12.20 m和13.30 m,其最大冲坑深度分别较原方案减少0.48 m和1.00 m,对下游防护效果明显。研究表明:所设的体型优化方案均能有效的提高消力池的消能效果,在增设矩形尾坎后流场分布均匀且减轻下游河床冲刷的效果最佳。该研究成果可为导流兼泄洪冲沙工程提供参考。

金沙江下游三堆子河段卵石推移质输沙率公式研究

金沙江上中游梯级水库运用后,进入下游的悬移质输沙量大幅减少,水沙条件显著变化;同时,卵石推移质输沙量在总输沙量中的比重明显增加,对水库淤积进程影响显著,开展变化水沙条件下金沙江下游卵石推移质输移规律研究具有重要意义。基于下游入口三堆子水文站2008—2021年卵石推移质实测资料,对经典起动流速公式和推移质输沙率公式进行了检验与修正。结果表明:与经典起动流速公式计算结果相比,通过引入以卵石粒径为变量的系数,所得到的不同粒径范围的卵石推移质起动流速修正公式,计算精度显著提高;经典推移质输沙公式的计算结果在输沙强度较低时与实测值偏差很大,通过建立输沙强度与水流强度的关系,并引入隐暴参数对公式进行修正,明显提升了其在低输沙率情况下的计算精度。修正后的起动流速公式和推移质输沙率公式能更有效地反映三堆子河段卵石推移质的输移规律。

组合生态修复技术对河道水质净化与保持的应用研究

为探究生态修复技术对河道水质净化和保持的实际应用效果,对上海市某河道采用“生物床+微曝气+沉水植物”技术进行生态修复治理。结果表明,河道水质得到明显改善,对氨氮、总磷的去除率分别达到了54.5%~64%和48.4%~52.8%,水质可满足V类水要求,多数时段可达到地表水Ⅱ、Ⅲ类标准。同时水生态结构和功能得到了较好的恢复,生物多样性增加,水生态系统稳定。经过连续5年的水质跟踪检测,河道水质基本能稳定达到V类水质要求,证明本工程技术切实可行,稳定有效,值得在类似城市河道治理修复项目中推广。

五峰山长江大桥南锚碇倾斜基岩地质条件分析

五峰山长江大桥南锚碇位于五峰山山壑间,采用圆形扩大基础,外径90 m,场地内地形变化大,岩土层分布复杂,合理设置适应于地质条件的锚碇基础方案,对工程安全性、经济性意义重大。为了充分利用南锚碇场地内工程性能良好的微风化凝灰质砂岩地基,准确评价岩土体稳定性及对工程的适宜性,采用了露头调查、钻探、物探、原位测试及室内试验的综合勘察手段。基于地质成因分析及赤平投影方法,发现岩面、风化面总体产状具有一致性,倾角约18°,沿倾斜方向分布较稳定;通过进一步分析倾斜岩体及其风化面分布与锚碇基坑的相互作用关系,评价采用台阶式基础方案的可行性,并分析了其对岩石地基的利用优势,针对性提出了锚碇基坑的施工建议。经优化,考虑倾斜基岩工程地质条件的锚碇基础设计可减少约4万m3的微风化岩石开挖量,使工程兼具安全性与经济性。

透水丁坝对不同曲率弯道内三维水流结构影响数值模拟研究

透水丁坝相较于传统丁坝,具有更加卓越的稳定性,安全性,可靠性,因此在绿色航道推广中得到重视,研究的目的在于对比不同曲率河道内三维水流结构变化,进而为不同曲率河道治理提供依据。研究采用数值模拟与实测相结合的方式,对3种湍流模型进行比选和验证,Standard k-ε,RNG k-ε,Realizable k-ε三种湍流模型内岸模拟流速和实测流速相关性系数均低于外岸,RNG k-ε湍流模型实测流速和模拟流速相关性系数最高,最终采用RNG k-ε模型对90°和180°弯道模拟,并对三维流线,流速,床面剪切,水面线分析。结果显示丁坝下游回流区涡轴线受垂向和径向速度梯度影响出现不同程度倾斜,水流撞击2号丁坝在丁坝之间产生两个相反方向的涡,这将对透水丁坝群结构稳定形成威胁但同时也会防止大量泥沙在透水丁坝之间淤积,保证透水丁坝在使用过程中不至于丧失透水性。河道曲率增大导致强剪切层向内岸迁移,180°弯道内出现两个强剪切层,这将导致河床向阶梯型演化,对于曲率大而且狭窄的山区河道在布置透水丁坝后要对内岸侵蚀效果评估,防止强剪切层迁移对内岸构成威胁。水面线呈现内低外高的现象,且在x/L=0.48~0.5的范围里内外岸水面线差值最小,水面出现凹陷。

Silt Charge of Water in the River Sluch:Dynamics on Length and in Time

Change silt charge of water in the rivers can negatively be reflected in throughput the rivers beds,stability of coast,change of river structures,dis­appearance of boggy places,etc.In work questions of variability silt charge waters in the river Sluch in time and on length of the river are considered.It is revealed that in time average and maximal silt charge waters decrease.While on length of the river change silt charge waters is shown not precise­ly,similar on some increase silt charge waters to a mouth of the river.The researches led by the factorial analysis and graphic-analytical method on the basis of long-term materials of measurement of charges of water have shown that,on a part of posts average depth of water in the river grows,and on others-cyclically changes with the general tendency to reduction.Aver­age speed in them,accordingly,falls and grows.Stratification of interrela­tions of a silt charge with other factors on years is observed.The reasons of reduction of a silt charge are:1)agrarian and forest meliorative actions on a catchments of the river,hydraulic engineering construction;2)grassy bed of the river;3)change of a climate that promotes growth of temperature of a surface of soils and grassy bed of the river.In developed natural-climatic conditions expediently application on reservoirs of the antierosion organi­zation of territory of the land tenure including agrarian-forests-meliorative actions that will allow to adjust outflow of a moisture from reservoirs to lower warming up of a surface of the soils,to provide against a high water protection and it will favorably be reflected in manufacture of agricultural production.

Integration of colour bathymetry, LiDAR and dGPS surveys for assessing fluvial changes after flood events in the Tagliamento River (Italy)

The estimation of underwater features of channel bed surfaces without the use of bathymetric sensors results in very high levels of uncertainty. A revised approach enabling an automatic extraction of the wet areas to create more accurate and detailed Digital Terrain Models (DTMs) is here presented. LiDAR-derived elevations of dry surfaces, water depths of wetted areas derived from aerial photos and a predictive depth-colour relationship were adopted. This methodology was applied at two different reaches of a northeastern Italian gravel-bed river (Tagliamento) before and after two flood events occurred in November and December 2010. In-channel dGPS survey points were performed taking different depth levels and different colour scales of the river bed. More than 10,473 control points were acquired, 1107 in 2010 and 9366 in 2011 respectively. A regression model that calculates channel depths using the correct intensity of three colour bands (RGB) was implemented. LiDAR and water depth points were merged and interpolated into DTMs which features an average error, for the wet areas, of ±14 cm. The different number of calibration points obtained for 2010 and 2011 showed that the bathymetric error is also sensitive to the number of acquired calibration points. The morphological evolution calculated through a difference of DTMs shows a prevalence of deposition and erosion areas into the wet areas.