Uncertainties in flood stage prediction and bed evolution in rivers are frequently associated with the evolution of bedforms over a hydrograph. For the case of flood prediction, the evolution of the bedforms may alter the effective bed roughness, so predictions of stage and velocity based on assuming bedforms retain the same size and shape over a hydrograph will be incorrect. These same effects...

The results of an experimental investigation of kerbside bridge deck drainage units are presented. The conveyance capacity, resistance coefficients and sediment transporting efficiencies of different types of drainage unit used in shallow bridge drainage decks are examined over a range of bed gradients likely to be encountered in practice. The use of a V-shaped cross section is shown to be part...

[1] The exchange of water between a stream and its hyporheic zone (defined as the sediment beneath and immediately adjacent to a stream) underpins many ecological and hydrological functions in turbulent streams. Hyporheic exchange can be parameterized in terms of an effective diffusion coefficient Deff and considerable effort has gone into developing process-based models and empirical correlati...

Replicate velocity observations using conventional equipment under typical field conditions are used to evaluate the precision of different methods for estimating local boundary shear stress from velocity measurements. The bed shear velocity u, can be estimated within 3% using the depth-averaged velocity in the vertically averaged logarithmic velocity profile. To be accurate, this method is lim...

Abstract The present paper reports on a field experiment performed over shallow, roughness‐varying barrier reef at Maupiti island, French Polynesia. spectral wave energy balance is examined, outside the breaking zone and accounting for non‐linear transfers mean current, to estimate friction factor. This latter varies from 0.05 4, with dependence ratio between near‐bed orbital amplitude roughnes...

We employed laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) measurements of odorant plume structure and behavioral observations to examine how turbulence affects the three-dimensional structure of odorant plumes and subsequently mediates olfactory search efficiency and success in our model organism, the blue crab (Callinectes sapidus). The turbulent characteristics of two laboratory flumes (one for behavioral...

Abstract This article discusses the relevance of in situ quality assurance metal additive manufacturing for cost-efficient product qualification. It presents an approach monitoring laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) process using area-scan hyperspectral camera to predict surface roughness R z with help a convolutional neural network. These investigations were carried out during LPBF processing magn...