In this paper, an experimental investigation was carried out to study the turbulent flows and flow characteristics through sloping and adversely sloping rectangular culverts in a rectangular channel of constant width using Laser Doppler Velocimetry (LDV). Also, experimental study was carried out to investigate the characteristics of the hydraulic jump occurring in a sloping and adversely slopin...

Series of laboratory tests were carried out to study the extent of scour caused by a three-dimensional wall jets exiting from a square cross-section nozzle and into a non-cohesive sand beds. Previous observations have indicated that the effect of the tail water depth was significant for densimetric Froude number greater than ten. However, the present results indicate that the cut off value coul...

Chum salmon Oncorhynchus keta that spawn in main-stem habitats below Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River, USA, are periodically subjected to elevated discharges that may alter spawning behaviour. We investigated behavioural responses of spawning chum salmon to increased water velocities associated with experimental increases in tailwater elevation using acoustic telemetry and a dual-frequency ...

The mean larval paddlefish density was 60 times higher in the upper unchannelized section of the Missouri River in Nebraska compared to the lower unchannelized section, and was three times higher than the channelized section's density. Within the upper unchannelized section, 96.2% of the larvae were collected in the discharge of two tributaries, which lie in the lower one-third of the reach. Su...

Most artificial river wave technologies require a drop in the riverbed to generate recreational surf waves; herein new technology is introduced that can be used on flat bed. The mechanism includes an adjustable ramp, transition and kicker, which independently manipulated wave. A 3-D numerical model of described developed based prototype Kananaskis River Alberta, Canada, calibrated by means phys...

External loading of phosphorus (P) from agricultural surface discharge (tailwater) is the main cause of excessive algae growth and the eutrophication of the Salton Sea, California. Continuous polyacrylamide (PAM) applications to agricultural irrigation water inflows were evaluated as a means of reducing sediment and P in tailwater. Zero (control) and 1 mg L PAM (PAM1) treatments were compared a...

The transition from supercritical to subcritical flow around a fully submerged abrupt negative step in horizontal rectangular open channel has been investigated. In laboratory experiment the one-dimensional energy and momentum conservation equations were studied by means of depth pressure measurements piezometers installed along bottom face. Froude number varied range 1.9 5.8 while height criti...

The sluicing flume that was designed is less capable of silting up and losing its calibration than its counterparts of standard sharp-crested compound weir design. The laboratory work described here led to a refinement in the design in the form of a short flume set into the lowest section of a compound Crump weir gauging installation. Critical flow occurs near the exit of this flume, and it is ...

Presented in this paper is an experimental study on scour downstream of rough and smooth stiff aprons under the influence wall jets. The effect various parameters asymptotic depth studied. analysis data reveals that maximum reduces with increasing sediment size, sluice opening, apron length. It directly proportional to densimetric Froude number. Maximum equilibrium initially decreases tailwater...