We investigate the morphodynamic evolution of an arbitrarily tilted, coarse, mobile bed under the action of a free surface water flow. The analysis is based on the experimental observations of the evolution of a mobile bed from its initial, laterally tilted configuration to the final laterally flat state, due to the presence of a lateral component of bed load transport. Measurements of the bed topography at different times allow one to reconstruct the flattening process. The experimental observations are interpreted by means of a three-dimensional numerical hydromorphodynamic model employing different relationships, linear and nonlinear, to evaluate bed load intensity and direction. The analysis shows that the inclusion of nonlinear gravitational effects in the description of the bed load leads to a more satisfactory description of the bed evolution. This finding opens important issues on how the inclusion of the nonlinear gravitational effects on the bed load can affect the morphodynamic evolution of complex bed topography occurring in natural rivers. To investigate this point, an application to the evolution of river bars is presented.

Local high-slope effects on sediment transport and fluvial bed-form dynamics / S. Francalanci; L. Solari; M. Toffolon. - In: WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH. - ISSN 0043-1397. - STAMPA. - 45:(2009), pp. 0-0. [10.1029/2008WR007290]

Local high-slope effects on sediment transport and fluvial bed-form dynamics

FRANCALANCI, SIMONA;SOLARI, LUCA;
2009

Abstract

We investigate the morphodynamic evolution of an arbitrarily tilted, coarse, mobile bed under the action of a free surface water flow. The analysis is based on the experimental observations of the evolution of a mobile bed from its initial, laterally tilted configuration to the final laterally flat state, due to the presence of a lateral component of bed load transport. Measurements of the bed topography at different times allow one to reconstruct the flattening process. The experimental observations are interpreted by means of a three-dimensional numerical hydromorphodynamic model employing different relationships, linear and nonlinear, to evaluate bed load intensity and direction. The analysis shows that the inclusion of nonlinear gravitational effects in the description of the bed load leads to a more satisfactory description of the bed evolution. This finding opens important issues on how the inclusion of the nonlinear gravitational effects on the bed load can affect the morphodynamic evolution of complex bed topography occurring in natural rivers. To investigate this point, an application to the evolution of river bars is presented.
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S. Francalanci; L. Solari; M. Toffolon
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