Print Email Facebook Twitter Impact of flow variability and sediment characteristics on channel width evolution in laboratory streams Title Impact of flow variability and sediment characteristics on channel width evolution in laboratory streams Author Vargas Luna, A. (TU Delft Environmental Fluid Mechanics) Crosato, A. (TU Delft Environmental Fluid Mechanics; IHE Delft Institute for Water Education) Byishimo, P. (TU Delft Environmental Fluid Mechanics) Uijttewaal, W.S.J. (TU Delft Environmental Fluid Mechanics) Date 2018-04-17 Abstract Alluvial rivers are shaped by sequences of water flows excavating their channels. Observations show that besides the magnitude, the frequency and duration of streamflow oscillations might also be important for the river channel formation. In addition, the river morphology appears influenced by both size and degree of uniformity of the sediment. Nevertheless, many morphodynamic studies still represent the flow regime with a single value of the discharge, often corresponding to the bankfull condition, and the sediment with its median grain size. This work investigates the effects of streamflow variability and sediment characteristics on channel width formation, analysing the evolution of experimental streams with different sediments and discharge hydrographs. Results show that the formative condition of the channel width is not the geometric bankfull flow but a rather frequent peak flow. Remarkably different channel configurations arise from different sediment characteristics in the laboratory, where sediment non-uniformity produces more stable banks. Subject bankfull dischargechannel widthlaboratory experimentsRiver morphodynamicssediment gradationstreamflow variability To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:fe7811cc-6f37-42a0-aa81-f638d1317f39 DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/00221686.2018.1434836 Embargo date 2018-10-18 ISSN 0022-1686 Source Journal of Hydraulic Research, 57 (2019) (1), 51-61 Bibliographical note Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public. Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2018 A. Vargas Luna, A. Crosato, P. Byishimo, W.S.J. Uijttewaal Files PDF Untitled.pdf 2.36 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:fe7811cc-6f37-42a0-aa81-f638d1317f39/datastream/OBJ/view