M. Jovanović

RIVER ENGINEERING

River hydraulics and morphology

- third edition -

(in Serbian)

Faculty of Civil Engineering

Belgrade, 2021.

ISBN 978-86-7518-215-3

Pages: 496







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M. Jovanović

River Engineering

River hydraulics and morphology

Contents:

Preface to the first edition
Preface to the second edition
Preface to the third edition

1. Geomorphological characteristics of rivers
- Introductory remaks
- Geomorphological variables
- Hydraulic geometry of river channels
- Meandering alluvial rivers
- River confluences
- Dynamics of alluvial rivers
- Concluding remarks

2. Elements of the boundary layer theory
- Notion of the boundary layer
- Turbulent characteristics of the boundary layer
- Shear stress distribution over the flow depth
- Shear stress components
- Modelling of turbulent stresses
- Velocity distribution over the flow depth
- Theoretical velocity distribution laws
- Velocity depth-averaging
- Turbulent viscosity distribution over the flow depth
- Shear stress distribution over the cross-section
- Velocity distribution over the cross-section

3. Frictional resistance in fixed-bed channels
- Empirical frictional resistance laws
- Estimation of the frictional resistance
- Resistance due to vegetation
- Non-uniform resistance distribution over cross-section
- Resistance coefficient for the river reach

4. Resistance in movable-bed channels
- Types of sediment forms
- Notion of the alluvial resistance
- Estimation of sediment forms type and size
- Estimation of the alluvial resistance
- Effects of alluvial resistance on the rating curve

5. Unsteady flow in natural watercourses
- Typology of unsteady open-channel flows
- Equations of 1D unsteady open-channel flow
- Initial and boundary conditions
- Numerical solution of the governing equations
- Simplified methods for unsteady open-channel flows
- Unsteady open-channel flow in two dimensions

6. Steady flow in natural watercourses
- Typlogy of steady open-channel flows
- Equations of 1D steady open-channel flow
- Geometric elements of simple and complex cross-sections
- Hydraulic elements of complex cross-sections
- Normal and critical depth in complex river channels
- Calculation of water surface profiles
- Calibration of the resistance coefficient
- Calcuation of river confluences
- Calculation of bridge constrictions
- Calculation of open-channel networks

7. Secondary flows
- Secondary flow in river bends
- Secondary flow around bridge piers
- Other types of secondary flows

8. Origin and physical properties of river sediments
- Origin and typology of river sediments
- Physical properties of river sediments

9. Incipient motion of sediments
- Dimensional analysis
- Bedload. Deterministic methods
- Stohastic model of incipient motion
- Onset of sediment suspension

10. Bedload
- Mechanism of bedload transport
- Flow transport capacity for bedload
- Methods for calculating bedload transport
- Bedload investigation problems
- Bedload field measurement

11. Suspended and total sediment load
- Transport of suspended particles by turbulent diffusion
- Equation of mass conservation for suspended sediment
- Vertical distribution of sediment concentration
- Reference distance and concentration
- Calculation of suspended sediment transport
- Hyper-concentrated flows
- Suspended sediment assessment based on energy considerations
- Suspended sediment transport under non-equilibrium conditions
- Methods for calculating total sediment load
- Suspended sediment field measurement

12. River bed deformation
- Equation of continuity for sediments
- General river bed deformation
- Local river bed deformation (scour)
- Effects of training works on river bed deformation

13. River hydraulic models
- Scales and similitude laws
- Fixed-bed river hydraulic models
- Movable-bed river hydraulic models
- Scale effects

14. River channel morphological analyses
- Regime theory
- Rational approach in stable channel design
- Statistical analysis of the river channel morphology
- Application of morphological analyses in river training

Literature
Appendix A: List of computer codes
Appendix B: Physical properties of water
Appendix C: Settling velocity of sediment particles
Appendix D: Standard normal distribution values
Appendix E: Expressions for hydraulic model scales

Author index
Subject index