TY - GEN
T1 - Mathematical models to assess stream dynamics
AU - Bittner, Laura
AU - Nino, Yarko
AU - Garcia, Marcelo Horacio
PY - 1994
Y1 - 1994
N2 - A methodology is proposed to predict the behavior of meandering streams. Using a stream-shift model, lateral channel shift over a period of time is computed for several reaches with the help of aerial photographs. From this information, bank erosion coefficients are estimated and used to calibrate a bank erosion model for Illinois streams. The bank erosion formulation is coupled with a linear river-meandering model to analyze the behavior of streams over time. The results indicate that, in spite of their limitations, mathematical models can provide useful tools for the analysis of channel dynamics and more soundly educated stream engineering.
AB - A methodology is proposed to predict the behavior of meandering streams. Using a stream-shift model, lateral channel shift over a period of time is computed for several reaches with the help of aerial photographs. From this information, bank erosion coefficients are estimated and used to calibrate a bank erosion model for Illinois streams. The bank erosion formulation is coupled with a linear river-meandering model to analyze the behavior of streams over time. The results indicate that, in spite of their limitations, mathematical models can provide useful tools for the analysis of channel dynamics and more soundly educated stream engineering.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:0028115148
SN - 0784400377
T3 - Proceedings - National Conference on Hydraulic Engineering
SP - 391
EP - 395
BT - Proceedings - National Conference on Hydraulic Engineering
PB - Publ by ASCE
T2 - Proceedings of the 1994 ASCE National Conference on Hydraulic Engineering
Y2 - 1 August 1994 through 5 August 1994
ER -