Daily Bank Erosion Rates in the Lower Yellow River Before and After Dam Construction

During the period of water impoundment and sediment detention of the Sanmenxia Reservoir, riverbank erosion processes played a key role in the channel evolution of the Lower Yellow River (LYR). However, research into bank erosion rates of the LYR has been neglected due to the lack of direct field monitoring. In this study, an indirect method is proposed to determine bank erosion rates at daily time scales by outlining a detailed calculation procedure using measured hydrological data. A total of 810 data points of daily bank erosion rates before and after the construction of Sanmenxia Dam was calculated at seven hydrometric sections along the LYR, with the corresponding values of the bank stability coefficient and the width‐to‐depth ratio also being calculated. Empirical relations were then developed to estimate the daily bank erosion rates, using these parameters at the sections. Temporal and spatial variability in daily bank erosion rates in the LYR before and after dam construction were also investigated, revealing that: (1) the bank erosion rates had a mean value of 16.7‐29.1 m/day in the braided reach, with a maximum value of 290.0 m/day, while they were relatively low in the meandering reach, with a mean value of 2.5 m/day; (2) the erosion rates before dam construction were slightly greater than those after dam construction, with the difference reaching 5‐10 m/day in the braided reach, decreasing in the transitional reach gradually, and being slight in the meandering reach.     

Numerical model of flow and pollutant transportation in non-orthogonal curvilinear coordinates

The planar 2D k-ε double equations‘ turbulence model was adopted and transformed into non-orthogonal curvilinear coordinates. The concentration convection-diffusion was introduced to planar 2D SIMPLEC algorithm of flow in non-orthogonal curvilinear coordinates. The numerical model of pollutant transportation in non-orthogonal curvilinear coordinates was constructed. The model was applied to simulate the flow and pollutant concentration fields. In the testing concentration field, two optimal operations of contamination discharging both along bank and in the centerline at the first bend of the meandering channel were adopted. Comparison with available data showed the model developed was successful, was valuable to engineering application.     

TRANSPORT CHARACTERISTICS OF PHOSPHORUS IN CHANNELIZED AND MEANDERING STREAMS1

ABSTRACT: Comparisons were made between rates of movement of orthophosphate in a canal and a meandering stream. The meander system had greater algal and macrophyte phosphate uptake rates, and lower plankton and sediment release rates compared to the canal. Chemical precipitation and direct rainfall influences on orthophosphate movement were insignificant relative to other terms. The major source of phosphorus to both systems was from upland runoff. The impact of this source was greater on the meandering system due to the smaller channel volume. When secondary effects of meandering were considered such as marsh inundation, the net orthophosphate movement within the meandering channel was less than that for the canal; due to the lower concentrations of phosphorus in marsh effluent waters. Field experiments were conducted to compare the longitudinal dispersion coefficient between a canal and meandering river system; the meandering stream had a dispersion coefficient over 17 times that measured for the canal. Rates of orthophosphate movement were combined into a single mass transport equation, and a numerical solution was obtained. Internal river and canal channel processes were overshadowed by external point source loadings.     

弯道明渠内危化品泄漏扩散的数值模拟

自由水面流动和危化品水体迁移扩散过程属有界性问题,利用两相流理论建立三维瞬态VOF动力学模型,在其基础上提出危化品水体迁移扩散的浓度压缩性微分方程,有限容积法离散方程,高分辨率Gamma离散格式适用于解决有界性问题,用Gamma格式离散VOF和危化品迁移扩散方程的对流项。对Chang实验的弯曲水槽的流动及危化品扩散进行数值模拟,模拟结果与实验结果较吻合。笔者建立的数学模型能准确地模拟水流三维特性突出的弯道水槽的流场和危化品水体迁移扩散过程。     

连续弯曲河道段桥位布置及通航安全分析

基于MMG船舶操纵运动数学模型基本理论,利用龙格-库塔方法进行积分计算求解方程组,将船舶的各受力方程结合流场数学模型计算的表面流场数据在MATLAB软件中编制成船舶操纵运动数值模拟可视化程序,以洞庭湖澧水洪道安乡大桥建设工程为背景,计算分析桥梁建设后航道弯曲半径及桥前直线段距离对通航安全的影响.结果表明,船队通过连续弯曲河道出弯时占用的航宽增大,千吨级航道中的弯曲半径取《内河通航标准》中单弯情况规定的最小值480 m时,上游出弯口与大桥间的安全直线段距离需6倍船长以上.距离为5倍船长时,航道弯曲半径应增大至550 m,无法达到相应的航道弯曲半径时,下游桥孔的通航跨距应相应增加15.8％.     

THE RANDOM COMPONENT IN STREAM MEANDERING1

ABSTRACT: An experimental investigation of the random component in stream meandering is described. The results of sixty replicate experiments of meander initiation and development made using the same discharge, bed material and bed slope are described and analyzed. It is demonstrated that the commencement of meandering is a random process. The random component in meander behavior is indicated by the size of the coefficients of variation of meander amplitude and wavelength of 0.45 and 0.22, respectively. A simple model is put forward to explain the observed deterministic and random components of meander behavior.     

崇明岛开发的自然秉赋与制约

在2l世纪世界环境与发展相互协调的历史背景下，有着自然优势的崇明岛开发成为上海现代化发展第三次飞跃的战略性目标之一。从长江口和崇明岛发育自然和人工控制后自然适应演变规律的历史和现状，探讨实现崇明岛开发的自然秉赋与制约因素，近两千年来长江河口自然演变规律的分析结果表明：弯道侧向环流及其对泥沙的输运对河口沙坝和汉道发育演变以及流域内众多大型工程对河口环流结构的影响研究，将是对长江口综合治理的理论前提，更是崇明岛实现人与自然协调开发的基础。而且，风能、湿地生态功能和岛内沟河网的自然生态功能、湿地生态功能和岛内沟河网的自然生态功能等可再生资源的充分利用可以实现崇明岛的零污染开发和治理。