Print Email Facebook Twitter Long-term morphological developments of river channels separated by a longitudinal training wall Title Long-term morphological developments of river channels separated by a longitudinal training wall Author Le, T.B. (TU Delft Rivers, Ports, Waterways and Dredging Engineering) Crosato, A. (TU Delft Environmental Fluid Mechanics) Uijttewaal, W.S.J. (TU Delft Environmental Fluid Mechanics; TU Delft Rivers, Ports, Waterways and Dredging Engineering) Date 2018 Abstract Rivers have been trained for centuries by channel narrowing and straightening. This caused important damages to their ecosystems, particularly around the bank areas. We analyse here the possibility to train rivers in a new way by subdividing their channel in main and ecological channel with a longitudinal training wall. The effectiveness of longitudinal training walls in achieving this goal and their long-term effects on the river morphology have not been thoroughly investigated yet. In particular, studies that assess the stability of the two parallel channels separated by the training wall are still lacking. This work studies the long-term morphological developments of river channels subdivided by a longitudinal training wall in the presence of steady alternate bars. This type of bars, common in alluvial rivers, alters the flow field and the sediment transport direction and might affect the stability of the bifurcating system. The work comprises both laboratory experiments and numerical simulations (Delft3D). The results show that a system of parallel channels divided by a longitudinal training wall has the tendency to become unstable. An important factor is found to be the location of the upstream termination of the longitudinal wall with respect to a neighboring steady bar. The relative widths of the two parallel channels separated by the wall and variable discharge do not substantially change the final evolution of the system. Subject Longitudinal training wallRiver morphologyRiver barsChannel stabilityDelft3DLaboratory experiments To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:c7c7911e-4016-4cbf-8683-704ade849f01 DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2018.01.007 ISSN 0309-1708 Source Advances in Water Resources, 113, 73-85 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2018 T.B. Le, A. Crosato, W.S.J. Uijttewaal Files PDF 1_s2.0_S0309170817305705_main.pdf 1.91 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:c7c7911e-4016-4cbf-8683-704ade849f01/datastream/OBJ/view