EFFECTS OF WATER MANAGEMENT ON SEDIMENT TRANSPORT IN CHINA''''s YELLOW RIVER, WITH COMPARISONS FROM THE UNITED STATES

1 INTRODUCTION Too much sediment and too little water are related problems in China抯 Yellow River Basin. Sediment yield in the basin averages about 2,100 t/(km2a), greatest of the world抯 large rivers although the Yellow River ranks 31st in mean streamflow. A quarter of the sediment is deposited in the 780-km lower reach, causing bed levels to rise an average of a meter per decade (Wang et al., 1997). Sediment aggradation along this reach is concentrated between dikes, resulting in a…     

TRANSPORT OF THE SUSPENDED SEDIMENT IN THE CHANGJIANG ESTUARY

The Changjiang River is characterized by the enormous volume of runoff and the great amount of sediment load with remarkable seasonal variation. The annual runoff sometimes is respondent to the amount of sediment load, and sometimes not. The amount of monthly sediment load after the month of the maximum runoff is larger than those before the month. The sediment concentration and net quantity of sediment transport in the vicinity of the river mouth varies greatly in time between the ebb and flood, spring and neap, and dry seasons and flood seasons. The three bifurcations also have differences in concentration and net quantity in space. Even in the same bifurcation they have differences in and out of the sand bar. At present, the North Channel is the main passage for water and sediment load emptying into the sea from the Changjiang River. More than 50 percent of the sediments from the river basin are deposited nearby the South Branch entrance and the main depositional area is situated in subaqueous delta off the South Channel. Between 122°30'E and 123°E is an important boundary for eastward sediment dispersion from which the suspended sediment are dispersed towards the east by south.     

MASINGA RESERVOIR IN KENYA：SEDIMENT DISCHARGE AND IMPLICATIONS FOR ITS CAPACITY

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THE EFFECTS OF TURBULENT BURSTING ON THE SEDIMENT MOVEMENT IN SUSPENSION

~~THE EFFECTS OF TURBULENT BURSTING ON THE SEDIMENT MOVEMENT IN SUSPENSION@Ye MAO$Hohai University!Nanjing 210098 China~~     

EXPERIENCE IN DESIGN OF A LABORATORY FLUME FOR SEDIMENT STUDIES

INTRODUCTIONDuring 1991-1992 at the Water Research Laboratory (WRL), University of New SouthWales, Australia, an open channel flume was designed and constructed with special features forsediment studies. The flume was to be used in a series of water and sediment routing tests associated with numerical modeling studies for a PhD research program. In this paper a few impor-tant aspects of the design, with special attention to sediment transport application, arediscussed.Features of exp…     

SOME APPROACHES FOR STUDYING THE INTENSITY OF SMALL RIVER AGGRADATION

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AN ANALYTICAL SOLUTION FOR CALCULATING THE INITIATION OF SEDIMENT MOTION

This paper presents an analytical solution for calculating the initiation of sediment motion and the risk of river bed movement. It thus deals with a fundamental problem in sediment transport, for which no complete analytical solution has yet been found. The analytical solution presented here is based on forces acting on a single grain in state of initiation of sediment motion. The previous procedures for calculating the initiation of sediment motion are complemented by an innovative combination of optical surface measurement technology for determining geometrical parameters and their statistical derivation as well as a novel approach for determining the turbulence effects of velocity fluctuations. This two aspects and the comparison of the solution functions presented here with the well known data and functions of different authors mainly differ the presented solution model for calculating the initiation of sediment motion from previous approaches. The defined values of required geometrical parameters are based on hydraulically laboratory tests with spheres. With this limitations the derivated solution functions permit the calculation of the effective critical transport parameters of a single grain, the calculation of averaged critical parameters for describing the state of initiation of sediment motion on the river bed, the calculation of the probability density of the effective critical velocity as well as the calculation of the risk of river bed movement. The main advantage of the presented model is the closed analytical solution from the equilibrium of forces on a single grain to the solution functions describing the initiation of sediment motion.     

REGULATION OF FLOW AND SEDIMENT LOAD IN THE YELLOW RIVER

Small runoff, large sediment load, and incompatible relationship of flow and sediment load are very important characteristics of the Yellow River. They are also the crux of the most prominent problems of the Yellow River. To solve these problems, the regimes of flow and sediment load have to be improved by increasing water, reducing sediment load, and by using reservoirs to regulate flow and sediment load. The results of experiments for regulating the flow and sediment load in the last three years by the Xiaolangdi Reservoir have indicated that this measure is a realistic and effective way to mitigate the prominent problems in flood control of the Lower Yellow River at present and in the near future. However, the regulation system is still imperfect. It is advisable to speed up the pace of research and construction of the system for regulating flow and sediment load.     

RESEARCH AND PRACTICE OF SEDIMENT MANAGEMENT IN THE GEZHOUBA PROJECT

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SEDIMENT DAMAGES AND RECENT TRENDS IN THE UNITED STATES

lINTRODUCTIONWeoftenhavethepercepti0nthatsedimentisthebr0wnishoryell0wishcoloringinrunoffwater,thatlooksunpleasant,buteventually"g0esaway,"downstream,unseen.Butsedimentisn0tonlyaestheticallyunpleasant,itisalsoacarrierofpotentialchemicalc0ntaminants,fillsupwaterb0dies,andcausesphysicaldamaget0farmland,wildlife,andwatertreatmentsystemsandpowergenefat0rs.ThepurposeofthispaPeristoprovidean0verallperspectiveonthemagnitudeandtrendsofsedimelltasap0llutritintheUnitedStates.2CURRENTKNOWLEDG…     

美国爱达荷州中部洛斯特河断层麦凯段晚第四纪断层陡坎与地震

根据断层位错和地貌位置,麦凯段断层陡坎分为三组,它们是三次史前地震的产物。根据位错量和陡坎长度对比,史前地震的震级大约为7级。利用扩散方程模拟史前7级地震发生的重复时间间隔是5—11千年     

RESPONSE OF SEDIMENT DISCHARGE TO ECOHYDROLOGICAL FACTORS IN LUERGOU CATCHMENT BASED ON WAVELET ANALYSIS

The response of sediment discharge rate to the following four ecohydrological factors: temperature, rainfall, evapotranspiration (ET), and stream flow was evaluated by conducting wavelet analysis on Luergou small catchment data ranging from 1982 to 2000. For sediment discharge rate, there was an overall trend of reduction that included a periodic oscillation of 6 to 7 years per cycle. Rainfall also had an overall trend of reduction that included two periodic oscillations of 7 years per cycle and 2 years per cycle, respectively. Stream flow had the same trend as rainfall but had one periodic oscillation of 6 to 7 years per cycle. In contrast with rainfall and stream flow, the trends for temperature and ET each showed an overall increasing tendency, and both had the same two periodic oscillations of 6 to 7 years per cycle and 4 years per cycle, respectively. The sediment discharge rate had significant relationships with the four ecohydrological factors, with stream flow and rainfall having positive correlations, while ET and temperature had negative correlations. The correlation between ET and sediment discharge rate became stronger when ET was compared to the sediment discharge rate of the following year. The relationship between sediment discharge rate and the four ecohydrological factors was further expressed by the multi-linear regression model that was constructed, which makes sediment discharge rate a function of stream flow, rainfall, ET, and temperature.     

OPTIMAL MODE OF SEDIMENT TRANSPORT BY SHALLOW FLOWS IN UPLAND AREAS

lNTR0DUCTI0NThemechanismofsedimenttransp0rtinshall0wchanneIfiowscanbequitec0mplicateddependingupona)themechanismofsoildetachment,b)thesizeandshaperanges0ftheavailablesediment,c)thesedimentc0ncentrati0n,d)theenergeticc0nditi0n0ftheflow,e)thechannelsurfacec0nditi0n,Dtherateofwaterinfiltrati0nandg)thechemicalc0nstituentspresentinthes0ilandthesurfacewater.Th0ughthedetachment0fs0ilparticlesbyrainfallistheprimarys0urce0favailablesediment,theeffect0fdynarnicwaterwavesandwind-gustsals0playasignifi…     

EFFECT OF ANNUAL RAINFALL AND RUNOFF COMPOSITION ON SEDIMENT YIELD IN SMALL WATERSHEDS

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RELATIONSHIP OF SEDIMENT PRODUCTION BETWEEN HILLSLOPE AND GULLY SLOPE IN A SMALL BASIN IN THE BILLY LOESS REGION, NORTH CHINA

SomepeOPlehaverecognizedtheSPatialvariationoflandionnsandgeomorphicPeainthehillyloessregion,NOIthClam(Chenetal.1988).SuchvariationshaVe~linkedtotheverticalzonationofsoilerosionandsedimentproduedoninthisarea(Catetat.1994).HoWeVer,noneOftheStlldiesaPProachtheProbleminaqUantitativemanner.NorweretherelationsbetweensoilerosionPr~sontheoneban4andhydrologicandghgogicalcharacteristicsofthevariouSslopezonesontheother,dearlyestatiIisned.Inaaamon,~stubbesintheareahaveprtridtahotoshowthe~rtanceo…     

APPLICATION OF THE MULTIGRID METHOD IN NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF SEDIMENT TRANSPORT

IINTRODUCTIONThemultigridmethod(Brandt,1988)iswidelyusedinmanydisciplinesandengineeringsubjects,especiallyintheareaofComputationalFluidMechanicsbecauseofitshighefficiencyincomputation.Themultigridmethodhasbeenprovenintheorytobeoneofbestnumericalmethodsforsolvinglinearellipticproblemsbecausetheloadofcomplltationisindirectproportiontothenumberofgridnodes;theconvergentspeedofmultigridmethodisirrelevanttothesizeofgird.Soitissuitableforthenumericalsimulationoffullscaleengineeringprojects.The…     

EVALUATION OF WATER AND SEDIMENT QUALITIES AT RIVER MOUTHS IN THE HAIHE RIVER SYSTEM

Water and sediment qualities are studied by analyzing samples taking from the mouths of the Haihe, Duliujian, New Ziya and Beipai rivers in the Haihe river basin in north China in 2005 and 2001, in order to find the changes of water and sediment pollutions. The concentrations of heavy metals, arsenic, total nitrogen (TN) and total phosphorus (TP) are analyzed and results have been compared for the two times. The in-situ measurement for Dissolved Oxygen (DO) and Sediment Oxygen Demand (SOD) rates were carried at the Haihe and Duliujian river mouths in 2006. The results show that the waters of the 4 river mouths are still seriously polluted, though much improved in the case of the Haihe and Duliujian rivers. The main pollutants are TP and TN in the New Ziya and Beipai rivers and mercury (Hg) at all 4 river mouths. Compared with those in 2001, the concentrations of almost all metals and arsenic in the 4 river mouths have decreased. Water quality at Haihe and Duliujian shows an improving trend, while the water quality at Beipai is similar to that of 2001. In contrast, water at the New Ziya river mouth is more severely polluted. The sediments in the 4 river mouths are not seriously polluted by heavy metals but are polluted by nitrogen and phosphorus. Most of the pollutant contents in the sediments show little change between 2001 and 2005. The in-situ DO and SOD measurement shows that the waters at the Haihe river mouth is in the state of oxygen depletion, and SOD is important consumer of DO at the river mouths. The overall analysis shows that increasing water pollution and eutrophication in waters far from cities are ongoing causes of concern.     

DEFORMATION OF RIVER BED AND THE CHARACTERISTICS OF SEDIMENT TRANSPORT DURING HYPER-CONCENTRATED FLOOD IN THE YELLOW RIVER

LINTRODUCTIONTheYellowforeriswellknownasaheavilysilt-caacingriverintheworld.Haaer-concentratedfloodsoftenoccurinitsmasterstemandaswellasthetriblltaries.ThecharacteristicsofdeformationandsedimellttranSportdifferfromreachtOreach.Duetohighsedimelltconcelltration,StrongfluvialactionandthenatUreofunSteadysedimenttranSPOrt,problemsandabnormalphenomenonareoflencreated.ThelaterbringinimpacttOnoodcontrolOfthelowerreach.Thus,itishelpfultoenhancetheunderstandingofthemotionlawsOfhaer-concentrat…