| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/J63095/01 |
| Title: |
THE INFLUENCE OF BOUNDARY SHEAR STRESS ON THE GEOMORPHOLOGY OF RIVER CHANNELS AT HIGH STAGE |
| Principal Investigator: |
Knight, Emeritus Professor DW |
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Civil Engineering |
| Organisation: |
University of Birmingham |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 May 1994 |
Ends: |
30 April 1997 |
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144,481
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| Coastal & Waterway Engineering |
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The three universities of Birmingham, Newcastle and Ulster wish to collaborate on the third phase of the experimental work on the SERC Flood Channel Facility concerned with sediment transport and flow at high river stage. It is proposed to test and evaluate new instrumentation on the SERC-FCF and a 2.46m tilting flume, and then to undertake experiments in straight channels and uniform sand under inbank and overbank conditions. Smaller scale experiments will also be undertaken at the University of Birmingham examining the lateral distribution of boundary shear stress and sediment transport rates in two stage channels. The main aim of the proposal is to underpin the calculation of sediment transport rates by discharge and boundary shear stress methods. Various theoretical models based on coherence, eddy viscosity or bed shear will be validated against the benchmark experimental data from the various sediment channels.
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http://www.bham.ac.uk |