Bank slope evolution in trapezoidal channel riverbed

Potapov D.I., Potapov I.I.
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A mathematical model is formulated for the coastal slope erosion of sandy channel, which occurs under the action of a passing flood wave. The moving boundaries of the computational domain — the bottom surface and the free surface of the hydrodynamic flow — are determined from the solution of auxiliary differential equations. A change in the hydrodynamic flow section area for a given law of change in the flow rate requires a change in time of the turbulent viscosity averaged over the section. The bottom surface movement is determined from the Exner equation solution together with the equation of the bottom material avalanche movement. The Exner equation is closed by the original analytical model of traction loads movement. The model takes into account transit, gravitational and pressure mechanisms of bottom material movement and does not contain phenomenological parameters.

Based on the finite element method, a discrete analogue of the formulated problem is obtained and an algorithm for its solution is proposed. An algorithm feature is control of the free surface movement influence of the flow and the flow rate on the process of determining the flow turbulent viscosity. Numerical calculations have been carried out, demonstrating qualitative and quantitative influence of these features on the determining process of the flow turbulent viscosity and the channel bank slope erosion.

Data comparison on bank deformations obtained as a result of numerical calculations with known flume experimental data showed their agreement.

Keywords: channel process, coastal erosion, bed load
Citation in English: Potapov D.I., Potapov I.I. Bank slope evolution in trapezoidal channel riverbed // Computer Research and Modeling, 2022, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 581-592
Citation in English: Potapov D.I., Potapov I.I. Bank slope evolution in trapezoidal channel riverbed // Computer Research and Modeling, 2022, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 581-592
DOI: 10.20537/2076-7633-2022-14-3-581-592
URL: http://crm-en.ics.org.ru/journal/article/3200/
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