| 项目编号: | 1455259
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| 项目名称: | CAREER: Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of Sediment Supply and Sorting in Meandering Rivers |
| 作者: | Peter Nelson
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| 承担单位: | Colorado State University
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| 批准年: | 2014
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| 开始日期: | 2015-04-15
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| 结束日期: | 2020-03-31
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| 资助金额: | USD423223
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| 资助来源: | US-NSF
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| 项目类别: | Continuing grant
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| 国家: | US
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| 语种: | 英语
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| 特色学科分类: | Geosciences - Earth Sciences
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| 英文关键词: | sediment supply
; channel
; river
; river restoration
; sediment transport measurement
; river bed sediment
; project
; mixed grain size sediment
; bed topography
; importancemeandering river channel
; river science
; career project
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| 英文摘要: | A non-technical description of the project's broader significance and importance
Meandering river channels are one of the most iconic features of the landscape and the migration of these large bends in rivers are a direct concern to communities and landowners along the flood plain. The mechanisms of meander formation and migration have long attracted the attention of scientists and engineers. There remain, however, considerable gaps in knowledge of these channels, especially regarding the dynamic interactions among sediment supply, grain-size of river bed sediment, and the river-bed topography. The scientific focus of this CAREER project is to explore these relationships using laboratory flume experiments, analytical theory, and numerical modeling. The results of this research will have applications to pressing societal issues such as flood protection, stream channel maintenance, river restoration, and dam removal. The research will be integrated with an educational and outreach program designed to introduce K-12 students and the public to important issues in river science and management, and to improve the educational experience of undergraduate and graduate engineering students.
A technical description of the project
The scientific objectives of this project are 1) to investigate how channel curvature affects equilibrium patterns of bed topography and surface sorting, 2) to examine how changes in sediment supply affect sorting and bed topography in meandering channels, and 3) to explore the interactions of free and forced bars in meandering channels of mixed grain size sediment and variable sediment supply. A comprehensive suite of flume experiments will be conducted to test several hypotheses. The first experiments will use detailed flow and sediment transport measurements to examine the mechanisms controlling equilibrium conditions at different meander curvatures. The second experiments will focus on questions related to sediment supply effects on bar-pool morphology and the interactions between free and forced bars in curved channels. In conjunction with Italian colleagues, the project will develop a theoretical model for river meandering that incorporates sediment supply and grain sorting. This new model, along with two-dimensional numerical models, will extend knowledge of processes of meandering channels beyond the scales achievable in the laboratory. |
| 资源类型: | 项目
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| 标识符: | http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/94813
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| Appears in Collections: | 影响、适应和脆弱性
气候减缓与适应
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Peter Nelson. CAREER: Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of Sediment Supply and Sorting in Meandering Rivers. 2014-01-01.
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