Testing bedload transport equations with consideration of time scales

Bedload transport is known to be a highly fluctuating temporal phenomenon, even under constant (mean) flow conditions, as a consequence of stochasticity, bedform migration, grain sorting, hysteresis, or sediment supply limitation. Because bedload transport formulas usually refer to a single mean transport value for a given flow condition, one can expect that prediction accuracy (when compared to measurements) will depend on the amplitude and duration of fluctuations, which in turn depend on the time scale used for observations. This paper aims to identify how the time scale considered can affect bedload prediction. This was done by testing 16 common bedload transport formulas with four data sets corresponding to different measurement period durations: (i) highly fluctuating (quasi‐)instantaneous field measurements; (ii) volumes accumulated at the event scale on two small alpine gravel‐bed rivers, potentially affected by seasonal fluctuations; (iii) volumes accumulated at the interannual scale in a meandering gravel bed river, thought to be weakly subject to fluctuations; (iv) time‐integrated flume measurements with nearly uniform sediments. The tests confirmed that the longer the measurement period, the better the precision of the formula's prediction interval. They also demonstrate several consequential limitations. Most threshold formulas are no longer valid when the flow condition is below two times the threshold condition for the largest elements' motion on the bed surface (considering D₈₄). In such conditions, equations either predict zero transport, or largely overestimate the real transport, especially when D₈₄ is high. There is a need for new sediment data collected with highly reliable techniques such as recording slot bedload samplers to further investigate this topic. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

SELECTION OF SUITABLE METHODS FOR TERRAIN MODELLING FOR RIVER ENGINEERING

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层状介质中三维大地电磁模拟

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小型水库集约化养鱼技术研究

江苏省瓦沟水库和石山头水库,面积为8.9和17.3hm~2,1984年起分别进行集约化养鱼试验。内容是改革我国传统的水库养鱼方式,设计多种混放密养的养殖模式,增加外源性饵料,改善水库饵料基础,加大鱼种放养规格,缩短饲养周期,实行库湾、池塘等多种培育鱼种形式,实现鱼种自给,开展网箱养鱼,设置网箱簖进行轮捕,饲养家禽家畜,种植青绿饲料,注重综合养鱼。试验结果每公顷鱼产量,瓦沟水库由试验前(1983年)每公顷195kg至1986年达4176kg;石山头水库由1984年的86kg至1989年增加至7822kg,公顷渔业利润为10140元。现这项技术已在江苏省51座小型水库中推广应用。