Abstract
Dimensional analysis and numerical modeling are combined to obtain a simple expression for estimating the capacity of vegetated open channels to transport suspended sediment under equilibrium conditions. The numerical model consists of a two-equation closure scheme of the k-ε type, with parameters calibrated using laboratory observations in an open channel with simulated vegetation. A simple power-type expression is found to provide a very good collapse of all the experimental data involving the Rouse number, the relative submergence, the particle Reynolds number and the dimensionless plant density as independent variables.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the ASCE Wetlands Engineering River Restoration Conference |
| Publisher | ASME |
| State | Published - 1998 |
| Event | Proceedings of the 1998 ASCE Wetlands Engineering River Restoration Conference - Denver, CO, USA Duration: Mar 22 1998 → Mar 27 1998 |
Other
| Other | Proceedings of the 1998 ASCE Wetlands Engineering River Restoration Conference |
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| City | Denver, CO, USA |
| Period | 3/22/98 → 3/27/98 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Engineering