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River Equilibrium Concepts Explained

The lecture discusses river equilibrium, focusing on how rivers achieve stable conditions with no significant erosion or sediment deposition. It explores the balance between incoming and outgoing sediment loads and the challenges of designing stable alluvial rivers. Case studies, particularly of the Brahmaputra River, are used to illustrate these concepts and the mechanics of particle stability in river channels.

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River Equilibrium Concepts Explained

The lecture discusses river equilibrium, focusing on how rivers achieve stable conditions with no significant erosion or sediment deposition. It explores the balance between incoming and outgoing sediment loads and the challenges of designing stable alluvial rivers. Case studies, particularly of the Brahmaputra River, are used to illustrate these concepts and the mechanics of particle stability in river channels.

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# Lec 22: River Equilibrium-I
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[Link].280 Very good morning all of you today will have very interesting lectures
on
[Link].800 river equilibriums and which talk about how the river reaches the
equilibrium positions
[Link].960 that is what we today will discuss it. And also I will show a case
studies of predicting
[Link].480 the river bank erosions in Bhramaputra river so that the part what we
will cover today.
[Link].280 And if you look at that mostly we are following this book P.Y. Julian
books and it has a chapters
[Link].760 on river equilibriums. So we are following that book with some of the
case studies
[Link].440 from indian river [Link] if you look at the next part
[Link].320 see if you look at that many of the times it was challenging task to
design stable alluvial rivers.
[Link].640 What could be the cross section, what could be the slope of the
channels
[Link].800 so that river remains at stable conditions that means there is not
significant order of scouring
[Link].720 or the siltation process. So there was a challenging task and that is
what
[Link].880 we solved it by thorough field observations of the rivers and
modifying the river such a way that
[Link].120 river can come to an equilibrium stage where there is no much change
of the channel is a stables.
[Link].360 Where the particles along these wetted perimeter are not moving it
which we talk about in terms
[Link].440 of the stable channels. But if you look at this the stable channel
part which is is a concrete
[Link].160 line canal but can you make a stable channel of alluvial rivers and
the sedimentations if you look
[Link].080 at these rivers can you make a stable channels can you make a the
river at the equilibrium stage.
[Link].880 What do we mean by that the equilibriums of alluvial
[Link].680 channels is a balance between the incoming and outgoing discharge and
the sediment loads
[Link].720 what is talking about that you say no scouring no scouring and no
depositions
[Link].320 no depositions of sediment passing through the particular river reach.
The concept is now it's
[Link].600 a quite challenging and quite interesting to make a river cross
section such a way that the channel
[Link].040 bed slope such a way that there will be no scouring and there will be
no depositions.
[Link].000 That means that whatever the sediment in flux is coming from a
particular reach upstream that
[Link].400 should be equal to the the sediment outflux coming from that. So if
you look at that at the reach
[Link].120 levels equilibriums examples will come it when the rate of erosions of
the outside of river bank
[Link].080 is a rate of the sedimentations on the point bar. So that means we are
talking about the reach scale
[Link].160 reach scale river equilibriums reach scale river equilibriums where
the rate of erosions of the
[Link].200 outside of a river bank that should be equal to rate of sedimentations
on the point bar.
[Link].560 Or we can talk about the amount of the sediments is coming from a
upstream a particular reach
[Link].959 that should be equal to the amount of sediment out flux from that
[Link].600 the downstream rates. So, that means we can say that reach
[Link].320 is at the equilibrium stage but not only that it is not easy to
achieve that or we can make a flow
[Link].480 such a way that the all the particles along the wetted perimeters that
means in a bed bank they
[Link].880 are not at moving it that is the conditions we do not look it for
alluvial channel cases.
[Link].240 But this is the conditions we look at the for the stone riprap or
protection system such a way that
[Link].960 the particles which is on the bed or the bank in a wetted zones are
not moving it that is the
[Link].680 channel stability. But besides that we also talk about that if we plot
the time versus
[Link].200 let be channel depth channel depth h if I locate that there will be
erosions and depositions and
[Link].400 all but if I talk about long term average that is there is constant.
[Link].560 So if I take a long term average if I plot the depth versus time and
take a long term
[Link].240 for average at a particular stations if that long term average becomes
a steady
[Link].680 there no trend the increasing trend and decreasing trend.
[Link].200 The significant trend then also I can say the river at equilibriums.
So this is the concept
[Link].120 if you look at that is quite challenging that is the reasons there is
2 way 1 way to try to
[Link].840 understand the river mechanics point of view the how how river can be
at the equilibrium stage.
[Link].480 Other ways that go to the field collect the river cross section data
[Link].520 collect the velocity the discharge area of the flow and then try to
establish the reaches where
[Link].680 the equilibrium stage is achieved in the last 5-10 years what is that
geometric relationship between
[Link].280 flow characteristics and degree of freedoms like in terms of width
which in terms of the
[Link].880 depth in terms of the bed [Link] that what we will be discussing
more
[Link].920 more details let us go for next ones which is the particle stability.
The basically we look it like
[Link].560 stone riprap or we try to design a channel such a alluvial channel
such a way that
[Link].160 there will be no motions of the particles on the bank as well as on
the bed so that is what we are
[Link].760 looking at. That whether we can design a channel such a way that the
particles which is on the bed
[Link].040 bank that is not in motions not in a motions not in incipient
conditions.
[Link].200 So that means we are trying to look it at what conditions what the the
configurations of the drag
[Link].080 force the lift force and the the uplift forces those force how the
equilibrium and how they are
[Link].440 initiating the bed materials to roll it. So now now if you look at
that
[Link].920 let be a bed materials are here and you have the channels with a Q
discharge is coming it
[Link].520 it has a side slope theta 1 theta naught is the downstream slope of
the channels ok.
[Link].200 The channels also have a slope and if you look at that part now if you
look at this component we can
[Link].920 see particle path line we can see the stream line components the
particles once detached from the
[Link].320 surface which is the path is follows its that what is the particle
path line at that point because we
[Link].480 are talking about the drag forces and the lift forces. That is what it
happens it and we look
[Link].160 it what is the stream line [Link] if I result in the different
angle
[Link].760 like theta beta alpha and the lambda. So lambda is a deviation of the
angle
[Link].960 from this slope to the stream lines. So the stream lines having the
angle of deviations
[Link].760 from this slope surface. So if you look at that part and if you look
at this downstream part
[Link].280 so you can have the stream lines and you have the the force components
in terms of F s force.
[Link].120 The F s force is a submerged weight of the particles. So let you look
at that if you have
[Link].440 a stones you can visualize that stones will have the packing like that
so we are trying to look it
[Link].080 that is a stone is a particle for us. But if you look at the sand so
if you microscopically if you
[Link].680 look at the sand compositions sand can be located like a stacking of
the particles. So if you look
[Link].320 at that particles either a stone in a gravel river or if you talk
about a the sandy river
[Link].440 the sand particles this is very finer particle but they are the
compositions could be like that.
[Link].760 Because of that we need to find out submerged weight of the particles
which you know it very
[Link].960 well is a difference between the weight and the buoyancy force thats
the differentiate and the
[Link].440 small water surface slope in the downstream directions. So you have a
channel parameter
[Link].040 like theta 1 side slope angles theta naught the downstream bed slopes
the F L is stands
[Link].440 for the lift force. So you can imagine it the particles you are
talking about is just starting
[Link].640 the incipient motion it is a detaching from that and its moving along
the particle path lines.
[Link].160 So you have a drag force we have a buoyancy force and the weight of
the particles so thats
[Link].600 what again I need to repeat it if you look at that sand particles
these are all cohesion
[Link].560 less particles we are not talking about the clay we are not talking
about compositions of
[Link].360 the silt. We are talking about big boulders or we are talking about
the sand particles.
[Link].440 So if you look at that and we are looking at these particles where it
will be stability and
[Link].280 these are the force component if you can result it geometrically if
you look at that part.
[Link].920 Now if you look at the next part which is more geometric point of view
that you can find out
[Link].240 the theta E J functions of theta naught and theta 1 tan theta we can
confine it
[Link].920 when the angles are the smalls in most of the times of the alluvial
rivers when you design it
[Link].600 the downstream slope these slopes are quite gentle similarly a theta
can be approximated as sine
[Link].520 square theta 1 minus sin square theta naught. Basically what I am
looking at you want to look at
[Link].600 the projections on the plane on the slope the all this component we
are looking at the projections
[Link].800 on the bank slope. If you look at that and you have the lambda is a
deviations of the stream line
[Link].720 from the downstream directions positive downward that means how much
of angle deviations are there
[Link].880 of the stream lines the downstream [Link] beta is angle of the
particles from the
[Link].960 direction of steepest descent the deviations of angle between the
particles direction and
[Link].960 streamline in case of the rotation the particles will be rotated. So
if you are approximated most
[Link].200 of the theta theta naught is very close to the 0 and a theta can be as
close to the cos theta 1
[Link].960 because theta naught is very very close to 0 as we discussed is the
like bhramaputra rivers
[Link].240 we have the slope gradient 1 is to 10000 [Link] you can find out
what will be the
[Link].400 theta naught value for that but no doubt in case of the hilly regions
it can go up to 1 is to 100.
[Link].480 So you can also come the theta naught value so its its its generally
theta naught as close to the 0
[Link].080 and we can approach means theta you will be cos theta 1 so that is the
approximations we can
[Link].920 do it and its quite valid for the river systems when you do not have a
steep slope of the river
[Link].960 but that though conditions you should consider all other components.
[Link].120 Now if you look at ah particles levels I am looking at how it is
stables that means what
[Link].600 are the forces acting on these particles 1 is lift force because the
water is flowing through that
[Link].840 there is a drag force and there is a submerged weight of the
particles. So if you look at that
[Link].240 what are the force is a lift force you have a drag force F D is a drag
force F S is submerged
[Link].720 in weight of the [Link] is that depending on particles
[Link].280 size you will have these force actings like a lift force and drag
force acting components also you
[Link].800 will have the components due to the submerged weight in 2 components
will have and they will
[Link].760 have a if I to take a O is a point the pivotal point where the
particles will be rotate out
[Link].760 rotate from that that means particle will be detaching from that. If
that is the conditions,
[Link].680 if you look at that and you can find they are the distance of l 1, l
2, l 3 and l 4.
[Link].920 So basically I am representing that you microscopically if you look at
these sand
[Link].800 compositions are the stones packings and you are looking at a
particular stones at what
[Link].280 flow conditions it will be lift out from that it will be retained out
from that. So the if these
[Link].080 are the stone 1 2 3 and our target stone is the particle p if is that
it will rotate from this
[Link].360 because these are the force component will act on these particles.
[Link].520 The lift force the drag force and the submerged
[Link].520 weight and they are depending upon particles dimensions they will have
a l 1, l 2, l 3,
[Link].240 l 4 distance we are looking microscopically we will talk about a sand
composites. If it is that
[Link].960 what I try to look at how much a movement is working on to rotate this
ones 1 is a
[Link].520 restoring moments that is what it happens it that the distance into
the force component.
[Link].240 And another is the overturning moments that because of F X F D and F L
components
[Link].120 as you can see these force components. So you can find out the
movement of rotations 1 is a
[Link].520 restoring another is overturning moment that what we can compute it
and you can equate it
[Link].840 thats a positions if this force component is larger than this ones
then it will be overturned
[Link].360 that is the reasons the stabilizing movement due to the particle
weight and there is a lift
[Link].880 moment to destabilize the [Link] have a lift moment to
distabilize. So
[Link].440 basically we try to locate factor of safety for overturning will it
have a resist ratio between
[Link].320 the resisting moments and moments generating the motions or
overturning that that is what if I
[Link].600 substitute I will get it this ones. The basically I am looking it as f
naught should be a much much
[Link].360 lesser than the value of 1. If its value equal to the 1 there is a
chance to have the particle will
[Link].720 be detached from that rotate from [Link] you do design a alluvial
channels
[Link].880 we try to look at this sf naught the that is a factor of safety for
overturning this particle
[Link].440 should be lesser than 1 value should be lesser than 1 value.
[Link].440 If you look it that way and if I somewhat simplified it that for
example when fluid at the
[Link].240 rest conditions. So in that case we will not have a drag and lift
forces you can see the channels
[Link].800 the flow is at the right conditions that means the the factors of
safety equal to 1 and your
[Link].440 the theta naught theta 1 will come you will be the equal to angle of
repose and if I have a tan
[Link].840 phi in terms of angle of reports is l by 2 by l 1 then if I just
change that equations I will get a
[Link].680 factor of safety of overturning is mathematically we are just
manipulating it.
[Link].920 To get it a functions of a naught tan phi is the angle of repose the
beta part and we have
[Link].040 a eta 1 part. So if you look at this eta 1 is called stability number
of the particles on
[Link].200 the embankment on the side. So that is what will be equal to this
value m plus delta
[Link].040 and m and can be defined like this just we are raising looking it the
the ratio of the lift to
[Link].880 drag moments of the force okay this is just the simplifications of the
previous equations.
[Link].720 To look at that the factor of safety is a functions of
[Link].600 phi angle of repose it depends upon your stability numbers size
[Link].360 stability numbers which is a functions of M and N, M and N ratio
representing
[Link].400 us lift to drag moments of the force that is the concept we brought it
and we try to look it
[Link].760 how these functions relationship is [Link] you look at that further
we can simplify that
[Link].760 as we go for a plane horizontal surface where you have a theta 1
theta,
[Link].120 theta naught, theta 1 and delta it becomes 0 and this is a sub
assumption of angle is a 90 degree
[Link].720 and you can simplify the eta 1 is a function of eta naught in the
function of M and N alpha beta
[Link].600 and theta and theta naught can divide is a tau naught is applied shear
stress
[Link].120 that is what is tau naught stands for applied shear stress and tau
stars stands for the critical
[Link].920 shield shear [Link] basically when you have a fully turbulent
[Link].520 flow and the hydraulically rough surface at the incipient motions the
eta naught equal to 1 and
[Link].600 the critical shear stress the shield critical shear stress is equal to
0.047 that is what
[Link].160 we discussed earlier. So we can find out the eta naught part you have
a relationship between
[Link].320 applied shear stress and the critical shear stress and that is what we
define the critical
[Link].600 shear stress in terms of shield critical shear stress. And that is
what we can have a very simple
[Link].960 equations to find out what will be the eta [Link] if you look it next 1
when you talk about
[Link].880 its not the it will be rotate on this the plane surface on the bank
plane surface. It
[Link].240 can rotate to perpendicular to that that means we are looking at
particle b which can rotate
[Link].240 along these directions perpendicular to inclined surface. You put that
you can again come get it
[Link].360 the the components here there are the 2 components are there 1 is the
drag force components and
[Link].960 another is submerged weight [Link] if you look at that what is
the moment at this
[Link].280 point again we can put it to the same conditions are the restoring
moment is equal to the
[Link].400 yours the overturning moments and that what if you simplify it will
get it
[Link].200 tan beta or beta tan inverse will be a function of this. So more
detailed derivations you can get it
[Link].680 from reference like Julian book or respective publications who are not
going more details.
[Link].760 But analytically if I consider the particles which are there on the
river or the it is bank
[Link].440 they are the particles and we are looking at what force components are
there because of the flow
[Link].760 the drag force the lift force and some modulate and what conditions of
the layouts are there that
[Link].472 is what is talking about in terms of angles in terms of the path line
particle path line
[Link].160 in terms of stream path lines stream [Link] we can result it to
find out
[Link].160 the factor of safety of this particle. If I know the factor of safety
of the particles
[Link].560 that means I can know it at what conditions if a factor of safety is
more than 1 no doubt
[Link].200 the particles will remove from that the erosions will start it on the
bank or the bed. If a
[Link].480 factor of safety is lesser than 1 I can say it it is a stable but
significantly if it is a much,
[Link].800 much lesser than 1 then I can say it the bed or bank cases it remains
a stable conditions.
[Link].440 So we try to look it at the particles levels which you know it
[Link].160 the river bed does not have a uniform bed materials or the bank
materials and
[Link].760 the particle level of concept to implement at the rivers is always a
questions mark. We can
[Link].600 derive a good analytical equation to know it what could be a factor of
safety for a
[Link].000 particle to initiate the motion so in spanned motions that what we can
do it. Looking this
[Link].480 safety factors of the particles [Link] it is a greater than 1 its
unstable
[Link].280 the particles will remove from the bed or bank in that case it will
initiate the river is not
[Link].400 equilibrium stage or particle number is less than 1 this we can
achieve the stable but if your
[Link].080 factor of safety is much much lesser than 1 then we can say the
channels are the stable.
[Link].840 But the limitations here that as you know it river banks are
heterogeneous mixed bank
[Link].360 similar way the bed is a mix is not a uniform sand or the uniform the
gravels are there.
[Link].960 So those condition we should look it not only that we should talk
about more detail about
[Link].400 river bend and the geometric conditions. So another interesting
concept will let us talk
[Link].320 about not the particle level stability talk about channel stability
that means I have a
[Link].400 river channels ok. So most of the times it will be parabolic shape and
I have the flow
[Link].440 here I this is the flow is moving with the velocity v and there are
the variations of the
[Link].520 shear stress the variations of the shear stress happening along the
perimeter of the channels.
[Link].120 How can I say the channel is stable?If I consider a straight channel
[Link].040 it is and all the particles on the bank or the bed they are at the
incipient motion they are about to
[Link].560 move out from that bank or the bank materials along these wetted
parameters having a
[Link].280 weight part of the particles is F S. So that means I consider a wet
particles which is on the bank
[Link].160 or the wet particles here on the bed I try to look it what conditions
it should prevail it
[Link].800 that all these things and what could be the shape of these channels
such a way that these
[Link].280 2 particles are remains on the same locations they are not we just
starting the incipient motions.
[Link].440 So that means we are tracking it if it is theta 1 angle is there
[Link].960 and looking it critical shear stress is tau as c along these things
use analogous to critical
[Link].880 shear stress corresponding angle of repose and if I consider the lanes
1953 the critical c stress
[Link].240 is equal to F S tan phi, phi stands for angle of repose. And the
resultant component on the
[Link].120 side slope is tan phi R by F S cos theta 1 I can have a the ratio
between shear stress,
[Link].600 critical shear stress on the bank on the side
[Link].200 and the relations will be come to a functions of theta 1 and the phi.
[Link].600 So theta 1 is angle, so if I look it even if I have a flow depth is h
naught
[Link].320 the fluid depth is h naught then I have a the critical shear stress
acting on this
[Link].000 and applied shear stress on this side flow. And if I just equate all
these equations and
[Link].080 do isolating this omega s per omega S value S stands for here is the
bed slope.
[Link].360 If you look at that parameters and if I make it the simplifications of
this.
[Link].960 We are going to get it a differential equations of ideal cross
sections geometry
[Link].160 that is what will be tan theta 1 is dh by dy
[Link].400 so this is h naught if you look at that we are looking at tau naught
is equal to at applied
[Link].200 stress acting on this bank or the bed that is what you equal to the
tau c that is the incipient
[Link].640 conditions. If that is the conditions you tau c is a functions of
omega hs cos theta 1 and theta
[Link].320 1 can re write it in terms of geometrically tan theta 1 equal to minus
dh by dy.
[Link].720 And if you cancel it you will get these equations and if I solve these
equations h 1 is flowed up
[Link].040 center line of the channel the hydraulic radius comes like this. So
now if you look it
[Link].600 so no doubt the tau sc on the side surface which is much lesser than
the critical shear stress on
[Link].760 the bed. So if that is the conditions if you look at that the here we
have the ratio between tau
[Link].040 sc the critical shear stress on the bank divide by the critical shear
stress on the bed.
[Link].000 If I consider that the conditions definitely this value should of
course this value should
[Link].080 be less than 1 and this is the angles okay the theta 1 angles and this
is the different slope
[Link].800 20 degree 25 degree 30 degree and 40 degree of the phi value angle of
repose. So we can get
[Link].400 this relationship with the solutions of these equations. So this is
what is indicating it the
[Link].400 shape. The same way for this equilibrium surface will get it this
once.
[Link].040 The shape will commit to like this so we can define the shape of the
river which is the
[Link].680 equilibrium shape. The shapes are all these bed material and the bank
materials they are for a
[Link].800 uniform bed size bed and sediment glue conditions we will have a the
relationship between these
[Link].520 ones as well as the graphically you can see it how these ratios are
varying with angle of of
[Link].040 repose and the theta 1, theta 1 is a downstream slope.
[Link].520 So it is a quite interesting the analytical derivations of
[Link].000 the relationship with a side critical shear stress and the critical
shear stress as well as getting a
[Link].680 equilibrium shape the channel safe for uniform bed and the bank
materials. If you know it angle
[Link].280 of repose and all we can compute it what could be the channel shapes
so most of the times we
[Link].840 show the sum of the channel cross sections the data from Brahmaputra
rivers and you can see it,
[Link].200 it does not follow these [Link] that means it does not follow
these
[Link].480 equilibrium constants concept as we are looking at more details and we
will do discuss more details
[Link].320 in about Brahmaputra rivers and why do not get a equilibrium cross
sections. But smaller rivers
[Link].600 we generally get a single channels close to this resembled to this
equilibrium ideal cross
[Link].800 section geometry of a [Link] very interesting thing
[Link].200 is regime relationship. Way back we used to have a constructions of
[Link].880 great Ganga canal or Indus canals in Pakistan
[Link].960 it was a quite challenging task for the engineers that how to design a
slope of the channels
[Link].160 and the cross section such a way that unlined canals in alluvial plain
of
[Link].320 Ganga and also alluvial from Indus such a way that we should get a
stable channel cross sections.
[Link].720 That means they are not a significant amount of erosions or
depositions are happening it
[Link].000 they are not significant amount of changing of the bed width or the
change of the for a particular
[Link].280 constant discharge. So what they try to do it that is that is what is
the contributions of Indian
[Link].760 engineers by the Lacies, Kennedy Wayback in 1929's before our country
independence
[Link].240 we used to have a to be a leader on designing this alluvial channels.
[Link].040 In terms of getting the field data try to establish the relationship
between for a
[Link].280 river or stable rivers stable canal reach what is the relationship
between geometry of
[Link].920 the river with the flow regions. Because most of the canals we have
the constant discharge
[Link].680 we do not make a transient flow in that conditions what is the
geometry it shapes the rivers.
[Link].360 If we follow that geometry of the rivers that means we try to
understand from the river
[Link].960 perspectives or the channel perspective that how the river shaping
it.
[Link].000 And if we try to find out the same geometry of the rivers in geometry
and the slope and
[Link].560 that empirical relationship will give a design relations. The Lacey
equations in 1929
[Link].000 and Blench in 1969's which is very widely used Lacey s equations still
now also we
[Link].880 have been use it for scouring computations we have been using for
designing the bridge piers
[Link].600 and we are also we have been using [Link] Lacey s equations is
similar to the
[Link].360 mannings equations its empirical natures since it is a field data
collected data based a plus
[Link].560 a data mining or data science today we talk about. The combinations of
both after extensive
[Link].120 data collections and the data mining they try to do it establish the
relationship which hold good
[Link].440 for a river or the reach at the equilibrium stage. The relationship
what they got it is a functions
[Link].920 of controlling part and the dependent [Link] if you look at the
river
[Link].640 as you say that river is author of its geometry the author of its
cross sections and author of
[Link].880 its slope. If I talk about that river shapes it is the path, river
shapes it is cross sections. If I
[Link].080 look at that concept and try to look at that there are the dependent
variables like the velocity area
[Link].320 if I talk about the velocity and if you talk about the area and if you
talk about the relationship
[Link].800 with the slopes these are empirical equations are derived for wetted
perimeters and all what they do
[Link].960 it because very easy to know the [Link] also its depends upon
another particles is
[Link].080 a particle dimension DMN is the particle diameters we can consider D50
values
[Link].320 can have a silt factors. So the empirical they introduce a factor
which is called
[Link].400 Lacey silt factors and they establish the relationship of velocity
area and hydraulic
[Link].880 radius and the parameters, wetted perimeters and the slope these are
all empirical data
[Link].840 collecting the field data do a data mining develop a correlations
between the dependent.
[Link].840 And here is independent variable is the discharge and the D50 value
that is what they introduce the
[Link].400 Lacey shield factors this is very well known the Lacey s equations and
the velocity area
[Link].440 radius and speed and still we use for designing a unlined canal
scouring depth of
[Link].840 flood plane width all while we do it based on this Lacey s equations
which is way back
[Link].960 in 1929 still still it has a lot of relevance to a to hydraulic
engineers
[Link].040 or the sediment engineers to know it how they have divide these
empirical equations which is still
[Link].720 has a lot of utility even if you have a lot of understanding more.
[Link].080 So this is called regime relationship and that is you have to try to
understand it
[Link].480 and try to make it how it is very good equations has come up in terms
of
[Link].920 Q. And so this is now if you look it that is what is representing you
can make it as
[Link].920 equivalent to rectangular cross sections with a flood plane and river
and you can know it
[Link].080 whether the river is equilibrium conditions if it follows these regime
relationship.
[Link].680 Now if you look it ah very interesting part if you look at this large
gauges in Brahmaputra rivers
[Link].800 still it is a inaccessible to these river bends which is there in part
of China and India border
[Link].960 and 1 of the largest gorges is there and huge energy is dissipated in
these 3 gorge
[Link].640 still we have a lot of questions mark on these gorges what it happens
to that. So
[Link].480 let me come back to the reverb bend a simple reward bend if you make
it.
[Link].280 We can understand it that will have a surface stream lines
[Link].480 will have the surface stream lines like this and you will have a the
near bed stream lines very
[Link].880 interesting that you will have a surface stream lines which are
attacking this outer bank you
[Link].400 have a near bed stream line which is scour this bed materials and
bring it to the inner bend so
[Link].000 that is the reasons point bar formations happens it. So the you have
this outer bank this surface
[Link].040 you can look it and there is a angle there is a angle of deviations of
nearby stream lines.
[Link].480 So how much of angle of deviations are happening it that was also play
the major roles.
[Link].880 Now if you look it if I have a river bend ok and if I consider river
bank at the equilibrium stage
[Link].080 what do you mean by that? That the force components are
[Link].000 some of the net force acting on this control volume should be
[Link].760 equal to the 0 that is what the equilibrium conditions. That means we
we look at that
[Link].000 centrifugal force per unit mass that is the accelerations is equal to
balance by
[Link].960 this unbalance the pressure force [Link] also the unbalance
the force due to the shear
[Link].880 stress components. So ready so S naught stand for here radial water
surface slope r is a radius of
[Link].560 curvature z is in vertical directions. See if you look at that what we
are looking at centrifugal
[Link].200 force per unit mass that is the accelerations this is the unbalanced
pressure force
[Link].000 because there will be super elevations per unit mass that is what be
also the shear force
[Link].000 per unit mass that is what we have done [Link] equilibrium condition
that is the net force
[Link].600 acting on this control volumes is equal to 0 here as the water is
[Link].760 rotated and you will have a centrifugal forces per unit mass you look
at the pressure force
[Link].120 difference what is comes it and the shear force per unit mass that is
what we equate here.
[Link].920 Now if you look at the figure levels that you have the river like
this
[Link].960 and you have the slope of the free-board this is the inner bank
[Link].000 this is the outer bank you have a W is a width r is a radius and you
have a z and y directions tau
[Link].920 r the subscript r is a transversal shear stress. So if you look at
that
[Link].680 g S r can have a this directions if you look it and v square by
[Link].480 r which is a centrifugal forces components that is what will be net
will come like this
[Link].160 you can see that there will be negative and the positive part net
force acting that.
[Link].520 So transverse boundary shear stress we can we can have a radial sales
force part and we can
[Link].240 average flow and all so we can make a non dimensionally try to look
this part but I I try to
[Link].240 convince you that you you take a control volumes and try to look it
what are the force components
[Link].920 are there and that the force components we are looking at how it
varies along the depth
[Link].360 that is what is the showing it the net components of the shear stress
component how its acting it
[Link].760 that is what is showing it. And you can have the super elevations
[Link].960 and we can do a non dimensional things which if you want to have
interest you can follow this
[Link].960 P Y Julian books but I will be just summarize this if I make it a non-
dimensional way to make it
[Link].920 in terms of fluid volumes the reach length and making a dimensional
less volume parameters.
[Link].560 And the same equations we are just doing a integrations volume
integrals things.
[Link].000 Then also we can have a moment big equilibrium at the point a this is
because of shear forces
[Link].920 this is because of centrifugal accelerations that is the part. If I
look it and we can have a
[Link].200 a concept to try to look at what is the
[Link].280 moment equilibrium happening at the point A that is the more details
we are not going it but
[Link].600 if you are having much more interest you can look at this components
how its working on this.
[Link].400 Now if you look it very interestingly if you can see this deviations
angles can have a function of
[Link].240 tau r and tau theta and which will be functions of equilibrium
momentum
[Link].760 h by ds. So h by ds is representing relative submergence h by r is a
functions if you look it
[Link].520 r is a radius h is a flow depth so tan lambda this angle of deviations
it has a function of this it
[Link].880 depends primarily on the ratio of flow depth and radius curvatures
that is what you can look it.
[Link].240 And safe bends will exhibit stronger the flow so if I have a bend is
more sharper then
[Link].000 you have a more the stronger the secondary flow will happen it and
angle lambda is increases with
[Link].160 the flow depth the cross sectional geometry is asymmetry when during
the floods. And symmetric
[Link].000 during the low flow let me I explained that by sketching the figures
see if you look at this
[Link].920 river in a flood period. So what will happen it the mostly geometry
will be asymmetric
[Link].440 in case of the flood periods and it will have a higher depth at the
outer bank.
[Link].080 Higher depth at the outer bank as the lambda value is changes but when
you come it to the low
[Link].640 flow periods the thalweg line will come closer to the central lines so
that means the thalweg line
[Link].160 the deepest point of a channels its oscillates it during the flood it
reaches to the bank and
[Link].960 after the flood when you have a less flow it again come back the
deepest points is again come to the
[Link].840 center line of a river [Link] is the it depends upon the
[Link].680 centrifugal force acting on which is balancing the counterbalance by
the unbalanced pressure
[Link].280 force in radial directions as well the shear stress acting on this. So
that is the reasons we
[Link].240 have a the oscillations of thalweg lines during the flood periods its
closest to the outer bank
[Link].440 as has come to as the lower periods this thalwaga line the deepest
channel depth line that what will
[Link].200 be shifting towards to the center [Link] in that period we will have
a symmetric
[Link].400 cross section so during the flood period you will have a cross
sections like this,
[Link].120 this is the flood period but during the low flow period you may get
the cross sections
[Link].800 will be the symmetric cross section that is the because of the the
hydrodynamic behavior
[Link].440 and the shear stress distributions what it happens in a river bed
during the flood and the low period
[Link].200 will have a asymmetric and the symmetry conditions that is the the
dynamic of the river banks.
[Link].280 If you look at that point and if I go for very interestingly look at
this figures what it
[Link].360 actually happens it ok. So when you have a very, very high flow
conditions you can see whenever
[Link].920 river bed is there; there is a point bar function depositions are
there and you can see that it
[Link].520 will be a Thalweg lines so you can see there is a secondary current
and the thalweg line since the
[Link].080 bed materials can have the mixed bed materials would have a bigger
size and smaller size
[Link].920 you can have a a finer coarser [Link] coarser materials will
be in this side outer
[Link].280 bank and in our bank will be that you will have a point bars the fine
sediment particles
[Link].440 will be here the coarse sediment particle here; so you can see the bed
material compositions
[Link].560 are changes it as the shear distributions are changing it and there
will be sedimentations
[Link].640 and erosions patterns. But when you go for lambda is much, much larger
then you can have
[Link].040 a lateral migrations of the it is a erosions of this bank and the
depositions are here.
[Link].960 So point bar formations will happen it so very interesting figures how
the river works
[Link].240 it during the extreme floods and the low flood when the river bends
are there. So if you can
[Link].840 try to understand it ah sketching these figures ah which is a part of
everywhere engineering
[Link].520 curriculums that you can sketch the figures and you can try to look it
how does a river behave
[Link].560 in during a flood periods. How does a river behave in a bend during
the low periods.
[Link].480 How the Thalweg lines are shifting it during flood periods during the
low periods how these
[Link].520 bed materials are armouring are happening it the coarser of bed
materials and the finer bed metals
[Link].960 finite sediment suspensions are happening it. All we can understand
it
[Link].840 and try to interpret the river how it is happening the dynamically
when a flood is passing through a
[Link].680 river bank. So that is what again I can repeat it that part the
cross
[Link].320 sectional geometry becomes asymmetric and Thalweg moving towards the
outer bank.
[Link].240 Downward lateral forces destabilize the bed particles whereas upward
lateral force to
[Link].000 stabilize the bed particles. And coarse grains can be found near the
outer bank
[Link].480 finer grains bed materials you can find in the inner bank. The
equilibrium is possible when
[Link].120 the big calving the erosions part balancing inside the deposition of
this. So then you will have a
[Link].200 river bank will be stabilized conditions. With this let me I have a 1
of the case studies
[Link].800 what we did it extensively in 2015 we published these journal papers
with stochastic erosions of
[Link].800 composite banks in alluvial river banks. Basically talking about the
Brahmaputra rivers
[Link].320 we talk about fluvial erosions seepage erosions cantilever mass
failures we develop a models which
[Link].440 is the hydrodynamic morphological models. I am not going detail of
modeling.
[Link].160 How we have defined this geometry of this part and if we look it how
this
[Link].080 stratified bank of Brahmaputra rivers have a silt fine sand medium
sand the clay particles
[Link].960 water tables and all and if you look at the total bank erosions. How
its varies with the time
[Link].080 cumulative erosions that is what we we predicted and is showing is the
seepage erosions which we
[Link].880 fill out with the people we introduce the seepage erosions is also a
significant part
[Link].440 in river like Brahmaputra [Link] we we are part of that and we
also
[Link].200 have a series of publications on seepage areas like a large river like
Brahmaputra river where
[Link].840 groundwater table fluctuations are there that is that is what we try
to look it and I am not
[Link].840 going more details you can look back this paper which is there in
hydrological process.
[Link].440 And we try to look at how river bends transport bed slope center lines
how the peak discharge
[Link].600 low discharge channel central lines how it is varying it how these
amplitudes and
[Link].800 all it is quite interesting to know it how a river bends behaves and
different and when
[Link].760 you have active of bank erosions bed transport uh the flow behaviors
that change it how things are
[Link].040 have changed how the thalweg lines are changing all we can have an
understanding on this.
[Link].120 No doubt who are interested you can go through that but let me quote
it as quoted by Victor Hugo
[Link].400 I think you do believe on that I am a intelligent river smart river
which has reflected successfully
[Link].000 all the banks before which it has flowed by mediating only the images
that is
[Link].560 offered it is a clear cut talking about the rivers is too dynamic and
too intelligent.
[Link].200 And try to balancing of the hydrodynamic the sediment and that is what
is reflects us
[Link].720 and with this let me conclude this lecture, thank you.

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