Journal
JOURNAL OF HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING-ASCE
Volume 132, Issue 12, Pages 1295-1302Publisher
ASCE-AMER SOC CIVIL ENGINEERS
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(2006)132:12(1295)
Keywords
meandering streams; secondary flow; solutes; mixing; velocity
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Two contrasting mechanisms, created by channel curvature which strongly affect longitudinal dispersion of solutes in rivers are examined. In natural channels the large cross-sectional variability of the primary velocity component tends to increase longitudinal dispersion by providing a large difference between adjacent fast and slow moving zones of fluid. By contrast secondary circulation tends to decrease longitudinal dispersion by enhancing transverse mixing. A series of tests have been carried out in a very large flume containing a meandering water-formed sand bed channel to measure the longitudinal dispersion coefficient at various locations around a meander. These experimental observations are compared with experimental data obtained from meandering channels with smooth, fixed sides and regular cross-sectional shapes. All the data has been compared against predictions from two current modeling approaches. Finally, the significance of the two competing mechanisms in curved channels is discussed with regard to their relative influence on longitudinal mixing.
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