Dynamics of meandering rivers in finite-length channels: linear theory

Bifurcation dynamics and avulsion duration in meandering rivers by one-dimensional and three-dimensional models

[1] At river bifurcations, water and sediment are divided over two branches. The dynamics of the bifurcation determine the long-term evolution (centuries) of the downstream branches, potentially leading to avulsion, but the dynamics are poorly understood. The long-term evolution can only be studied by one-dimensional models because of computational costs. For such models, a relation describing ...

Meandering linear pruritic lesion.

Procedural generation of meandering rivers inspired by erosion

This paper describes a method of procedural generation of meandering rivers inspired by erosion, which can enhance visual realism of virtual terrains. Terrain is represented using an adaptively subdivided triangle mesh with additional information (e.g. amount of soft deposit) stored in vertices. Water is simulated using Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH), modified in order to model erosion o...

River meandering dynamics.

The Ikeda, Parker, and Sawai river meandering model is reexamined using a physical approach employing an explicit equation of motion. For periodic river shapes as seen from above, a cross-stream surface elevation gradient creates a velocity shear that is responsible for the decay of small-wavelength meander bends, whereas secondary currents in the plane perpendicular to the downstream direction...

Significance of cutoff in meandering river dynamics

Porto, the institutional repository of the Politecnico di Torino, is provided by the University Library and the IT-Services. The aim is to enable open access to all the world. Please share with us how this access benefits you. Your story matters. [1] The occurrence of cutoff events, although sporadic, is a key component in the complex dynamics of meandering rivers. In the present work, we show ...