Modeling depth-averaged velocity and bed shear stress in compound channels with emergent and submerged vegetation |
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| Institution: | 1. Hydro-environmental Research Centre, School of Engineering, Cardiff University, The Parade, Cardiff CF24 3AA, UK;2. JBA Consulting, Broughton Hall, Skipton BD23 3AE, UK;3. Department of Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering, The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway |
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| Abstract: | This paper presents an approach to modeling the depth-averaged velocity and bed shear stress in compound channels with emergent and submerged vegetation. The depth-averaged equation of vegetated compound channel flow is given by considering the drag force and the blockage effect of vegetation, based on the Shiono and Knight method (1991) 40]. The analytical solution to the transverse variation of depth-averaged velocity is presented, including the effects of bed friction, lateral momentum transfer, secondary flows and drag force due to vegetation. The model is then applied to compound channels with completely vegetated floodplains and with one-line vegetation along the floodplain edge. The modeled results agree well with the available experimental data, indicating that the proposed model is capable of accurately predicting the lateral distributions of depth-averaged velocity and bed shear stress in vegetated compound channels with secondary flows. The secondary flow parameter and dimensionless eddy viscosity are also discussed and analyzed. The study shows that the sign of the secondary flow parameter is determined by the rotational direction of secondary current cells and its value is dependent on the flow depth. In the application of the model, ignoring the secondary flow leads to a large computational error, especially in the non-vegetated main channel. |
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| Keywords: | Vegetation Compound channels Depth-averaged velocity Bed shear stress Secondary flows |
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