River Flow 2014

Anton J Schleiss . Giovanni De Cesare, Mario J Franca, Michael Pfister all from the Laboratory of Hydraulic Constructions (LCH), Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland.

• Preface Acknowledgements Organization Sponsors Keynote lectures River networks as ecological corridors for species, populations and pathogens of water-borne disease A. Rinaldo River turbulence: Current state, challenges, and prospects V. Nikora Climate and human forcing of Alpine river flow S.N. Lane, M. Bakker, D. Balin, B. Lovis & B. Regamey A sediment journey through the Bermejo River of Argentina and Bolivia: From debris flows to meandering, ending in washload M.H. Garcia A River hydrodynamics A.1 Turbulent open-channel flow and transport phenomena Measurement of mass exchange between a main flow and an adjacent lateral cavity W. Cai, M. Brosset, E. Mignot & N. Riviere Entrainment mechanisms in river embayments Y. Akutina, S.J. Gaskin & L.B. Mydlarski Three-dimensional turbulent structure and spatial distribution of tractive force in open channel flow with side-overflow N. Yamashita & T. Ohmoto Streamwise vorticity generation in a compound meandering channel I. Mera, J. Anta & E. Pena Experiments on two consecutive open channel bends A. Farhadi, M. Tritthart, M. Glas & H. Habersack Vortex interaction in patches of randomly placed emergent cylinders A.M. Ricardo, S. Di Carlo, M.J. Franca, A.J. Schleiss, P.M. Sanches & R.M.L. Ferreira Surface velocity divergence in open-channel flows with strip roughness M. Sanjou, T. Okamoto, Y. Tanaka & K. Toda Transition from permeable to impermeable beds and vice versa in open channels: Effects on the velocity distribution of turbulent flow G. Pechlivanidis, E. Keramaris & I. Pechlivanidis Laboratory experiments and shallow water simulations of gravity currents moving on flat and up-sloping beds C. Adduce, V. Lombardi, G. Sciortino, M. La Rocca & M. Morganti Investigation of the turbulent boundary layer and associated energy dissipation in an open channel flow behind a series of regular grids T.A. Earl, S. Cochard, L. Thomas & L. David Effect of spatial average on turbulence measurement D. Li, Q. Lin, J. Zhuang & X. Wang Experimental characterization of the near-wall turbulence in rough supercritical flows E. Carvalho, R. Maia, R. Aleixo & R. Ferreira Mechanical model for velocity profile and flow resistance G. Smart Investigation of the impacts of coherent flow structures upon turbulence properties in regions of fluvial scour H. Maity & B.S. Mazumder Numerical modeling of complex solid-fluid flows with meshless methods R.B. Canelas, R.M.L. Ferreira, A.J.C. Crespo & J.M. Dominguez A new immersed boundary method for simulating free-surface flows around arbitrary objects X. Liu Dispersion of a passive scalar in turbulent open channel flow S. Bomminayuni, T. Stoesser & N. Ruether Spatial development of a constant-depth shallow mixing layer in a long channel Z. Cheng & G. Constantinescu Prediction of compound channel secondary flows using anisotropic turbulence models M.S. Filonovich, L.R. Rojas-Solorzano & J.B. Leal Flow in compound open-channels: Investigation of small-scale eddy viscosity variability using a Smagorinsky turbulence closure model C. Pham Van, E. Deleersnijder, D. Bousmar & S. Soares-Frazao Numerical study on secondary currents of the second kind in wide shallow open channel flows R. Suzuki, I. Kimura, Y. Shimizu, T. Iwasaki & T. Hosoda Large Eddy Simulation of gravity currents moving on up-sloping boundaries L. Ottolenghi, C. Adduce, R. Inghilesi, F. Roman & V. Armenio Density current propagation in a tidal river M.R. Soliman, S. Ushijima & S. Kantouch Modeling of the spread of thermal pollution in rivers with limited data M.B. Kalinowska & P.M. Rowinski Simple depth-averaged model considering deformation of velocity distribution for hydraulic jump and bore T. Hosoda & M.N. Langhi In situ measurement of advection-dispersion processes in a torrential river, comparison with numerical modeling A. Hauet, G. Buannic, G. Antoine, M. Jodeau, M. Esteves & F. Thollet Discharge distribution and salt water intrusion in the Rhine-Meuse river delta network N.E. Vellinga, M. van der Vegt, A.J.F. Hoitink & P. Hoekstra Two-dimensional hydrodynamic model of the St. Lawrence fluvial estuary P. Matte, Y. Secretan & J. Morin Experimental investigation of a propeller jet induced velocity field P. Nardone, P. Geisenhainer, Ka. Koll & C. Di Cristo A study in hydraulic performance indices for sediment retention ponds A. Farjood, B.W. Melville & A.Y. Shamseldin On the re-aeration coefficient in channels of complex shape S.G. Wallis, J.R. Manson & B.O.L. Demars Prediction of velocity profile in river bends: A hydraulic geometry approach S. Fasihi, E. Karrabi & J. Attari A.2 Bed roughness and flow resistance Direct measurement of river-bed form resistance in rivers with sand waves Y. Motonaga, A. Yorozuya, Y. Iwami & M. Yamasaka Near-bed flow over a fixed gravel bed H. Friedrich, S.M. Spiller & N. Ruther Roughness parameters in shallow open-channel flows O. Eiff, E. Florens & F.Y. Moulin Roughness coefficient determination and fine scale flow field characterisation of fish baffles in HDPE slip lined culverts J. Duguay, R.W.J. Lacey, E. Jaillet & F. Floriani Shallow gravel-bed river flows: The behaviour of the free surface and the flow information contained within A. Nichols, K.V. Horoshenkov & S.J. Tait Assessing surface DEM and roughness with a 3D-printed gravel bed S. Bertin, H. Friedrich, P. Delmas, E. Chan & G. Gimel'farb Turbulent flow over fast moving dunes: Improved method for studies in natural streams J. Krick & A. Sukhodolov Simulation of the free surface and flow velocity in depth-limited flows over rough beds E. Gabreil, S. Shao & S. Tait A numerical calculation method for flow in the presence of isolated boulders atop a rough bed by using an enhanced depth integrated model with a non-equilibrium resistance law T. Uchida, S. Fukuoka, A.N. Papanicolaou & A.G. Tsakiris Sphere drag revisited using Shuffled Complex Evolution algorithm R. Barati, S.A.A. Salehi Neyshabouri & G. Ahmadi Field measurements of mean velocity and boundary shear stress with an acoustic Doppler current profiler J. Petrie, P. Diplas, M. Gutierrez & S. Nam Stage discharge prediction for highly sinuous meandering channels S.S. Dash & K.K. Khatua Bathymetric changes, roughness and conveyance of a compound, regulated by groynes river channel during low and high water conditions R. Banasiak, M. Krzyzanowski, J. Gierczak & M. Wdowikowski Explicit computation of bed form roughness for operational flood modelling, a case study for the river Rhine J.J. Warmink & R.M.J. Schielen A.3 Vegetated flows Physically and numerically modelling turbulent flow in a patchy open channel O.P. Folorunso, J. Bridgeman & M. Sterling Diverging flow and 3-D flow structure at leading edge and in interior of submerged vegetation patch T. Okamoto, M. Sanjou, S. Aoki, K. Toda & I. Nezu Patches in a side-by-side configuration: A description of the flow and deposition fields D. Meire, J. Kondziolka & H.M. Nepf LES of turbulent flows in open channel with patched vegetation zones S. Yokojima, Y. Kawahara & K. Matsubara LES of flow past a submerged circular patch of vegetation W.Y. Chang, G. Constantinescu & W.F. Tsai Relation between sandbar mode and vegetation expansion in sand-bed river Y. Toda, S.N. Kim, T. Tsujimoto & N. Sakai Development of coherent structure and turbulence behind a finite-length emergent vegetation patch in open-channel flow T. Okamoto, M. Sanjou, S. Aoki, K. Toda & I. Nezu Soil in braided rivers: An overlooked component of braided river morphodynamics N. Batz, E.P. Verrecchia & S.N. Lane Influence of vegetated bed material on erosional patterns of meandering rivers: Preliminary experimental results D. Termini Flow-induced uprooting of young vegetation on river bedforms K. Edmaier, B. Crouzy & P. Perona Modelling river flow responses to weed management P. Rameshwaran, A. Sutcliffe, P. Naden & G. Wharton Field experiments in vegetated groyne fields A.N. Sukhodolov & T.A. Sukhodolova Effects of trees along floodplain edges on the flow structure in compound meandering channel Y. Kawahara, R. Tsubaki & F.S. Nhavotso Flow and bedload transport in a straight compound channel with vegetation roughened floodplains M. Khademishamami, M.H. Omid & J. Farhoudi Numerical simulation of exchange flow between open water and floating vegetation M. Tsakiri & P. Prinos Extending the canopy flow model for natural, highly flexible macrophyte canopies T.I. Marjoribanks, R.J. Hardy, S.N. Lane & D.R. Parsons Dynamic drag modeling of submerged aquatic vegetation canopy flows T.I. Marjoribanks, R.J. Hardy, S.N. Lane & D.R. Parsons Reynolds stress modeling of 3-D turbulent flow in a partially vegetated open channel T. Koftis, P. Prinos & C. Papakyritsis Measurements of drag force of cylindrical rods and trees in a river K. Shiono, E. Ferreira, J.H. Chandler, R. Wackrow & T. Ishigaki Spatially varying stem drag forces in vegetated mixing layers L. Buckman, W.S.J. Uijttewaal, W.E. Penning & J.T. Dijkstra Experimental assessment of riverbed sediment reinforcement by vegetation roots N. Pasquale & P. Perona Analysis of equivalent Manning's roughness coefficient for trees vegetated on floodplain K. Michioku, S. Kometani, T. Uotani, K. Kanda, Y. Irie & K. Yanagida Development and application of vegetation dynamics model for effective river management tasks in the Asahi River, Japan K. Yoshida, S. Maeno, S. Matsuyama & S. Fujita Vegetation effects on vertical jet structures M. Ben Meftah, D. Malcangio & M. Mossa A.4 Overbank flows and flood propagation A coupled surface-subsurface model of overbank flood flow and air entrapment in a permeable floodplain D. Pokrajac & M.J.S. de Lemos Celerity of kinematic wave in trapezoidal channel S.B. Sokolov & E.E. Egorov A conservative strategy to couple 1D and 2D numerical models: Application to flooding simulations M. Morales-Hernandez, J. Murillo, A. Lacasta, P. Brufau & P. Garcia-Navarro Unsteady characteristics of tsunami flow propagating over a land after overtopping seawall H. Shirai & T. Hosoda 2D shallow water GPU parallelized scheme for high resolution real-field flood simulations R. Vacondio, F. Aureli, P. Mignosa & A. Dal Palu Analysis of depth averaged velocity in meandering compound channels K.C. Patra, E. Padhi, L. Mohanty & M. Patnaik Prediction of energy loss along the non-prismatic reach of a compound channel using ANN B. Naik, K.K. Khatua & K. Miri Composite roughness for rough compound channels S. Pradhan & K.K. Khatua A.5 Interaction between river flow and structures Numerical simulation of turbulent flow in open channel with groynes Th.I. Koutrouveli, N.Th. Fourniotis, A.C. Demetracopoulos & A.A. Dimas Influence of submerged groynes on turbulence and flow structure at Sawmill Creek in Ottawa, Canada M.A. Ruta, C.D. Rennie, R.D. Townsend & E.C. Jamieson Submergence effect on flow and resistance due to a single groyne A. Kadota & W.S.J. Uijttewaal Three-dimensional flow structures around large-scale groins on the flood plain in the Kiso River T. Ito & A. Tominaga Water surface response to flow through bridge openings S. Kara, S. Mulahasan, T. Stoesser & T.W. Sturm Physics of shallow recirculation zones downstream lateral expansions M. Chatelain, L. Han, N. Riviere & E. Mignot A comparison of wood-sediment-water mixture flows at a closed type and an open type of check dams in mountain rivers F. Maricar & H. Hashimoto Log jam formation by an obstruction in a river M.I. Rusyda, H. Hashimoto & S. Ikematsu Contribution of riprap to local turbulence at the downstream of a low-head sill C.C. Wu, Y.Y. Wu, C.Y. Tao & K.H. Wu Representing skewed bridge crossing on 1-D and 2-D flood propagation models: Compared analysis in practical studies P. Costabile, F. Macchione, G. Petaccia & L. Natale Experimental investigation on the flow field around a spur dike in a 90 sharp bend M. Mehraein, M. Ghodsian & S.A. Najibi Experimental study on the discharge released by Bric Zerbino Dam spillways A. Fenocchi & G. Petaccia B River morphology and sediment transport B.1 Mechanics of sediment transport Particle motion of bed-load sediment moving over a smooth bed J. Campagnol, F. Ballio, S.A. Hosseini Sadabadi & H. Sazadul Modelling the non-uniform sediment transport by means of the statistical moment approach G. Rosatti, G. Garegnani & A. Armanini Experimental investigation on vertical size sorting using spherical glass beads A.R. Dudill, P. Frey & M. Church Experimental study of sheet flow regime of sediment transport in a laboratory flume T. Revil-Baudard, J. Chauchat, D. Hurther & E. Barthelemy Experiments in shear flow of granular-fluid suspension and dense mixture A.M. Pellegrino, L. Schippa, E. Guazzelli & O. Pouliquen Effects of particle collisions on motions of mixed-size particles and bed structures T. Fukuda & S. Fukuoka Laboratory study on transport of nonuniform bed material particles M. Sajedi sabegh, M. Habibi, J. Soltani & M.M. Vafaee Shields diagram's extension for applications in steady non-uniform flows J.S.A. do Carmo Comparison of two models for bed load sediment transport in rivers A. Paquier, B. Camenen, J. Le Coz & C. Beraud Numerical simulation of the sediment transport in the saltation regime R. Barati, S.A.A. Salehi Neyshabouri & G. Ahmadi A natural-scale study of cohesive sediment transport: The Misa River case M. Brocchini, A. Russo, J. Calantoni, A.H. Reed, M. Postacchini, C. Lorenzoni, S. Corvaro, A. Mancinelli, G. Moriconi & L. Soldini Applicability of kinematic wave approximation to shallow mud-flows with a yield stress C. Gisonni, M. Iervolino, A. Vacca & C. Di Cristo The role of interphase forces in submerged granular flows driven by gravity E. Nucci, A. Armanini & M. Larcher Large eddy simulation of suspended sediment transport M. Dallali & V. Armenio Ripple formation and sediment suspension events in unsteady depth varying open channel flow F. Bagherimiyab, A. Roy & U. Lemmin Coherent structures in open channel flows with bed load transport over an hydraulically rough bed B.O. Santos, M.J. Franca & R.M.L. Ferreira Flow and turbulence characterization as an onset for assessing the stability of gravel beds D. Duma, S. Erpicum, P. Archambeau, M. Pirotton & B. Dewals Sediment transport in steep channels with large roughness elements T. Ghilardi, M.J. Franca & A.J. Schleiss Tracking bed load particles in a steep flume: Methods and results J. Heyman & C. Ancey Intense transport of bed load in steep flume V. Matousek & J. Krupicka Bedload particle velocity in supercritical open channel flows C. Auel, I. Albayrak & R.M. Boes Study of sediment transport using soft computing technique H. Bonakdari & I. Ebtehaj Reconstruction of event-related bed-load transport processes in alpine catchments-application of TomSed on a large spatial scale B. Gems, M. Sturm, M. Aufleger & J. Neuner Influence of river ice break-up on stream hydraulics and sediment transport S.G.A. Zare, S.A. Moore, C.D. Rennie, O. Seidou & H. Ahmari Analysis of suspended sediment transport data in the River Nile B.A. Zaid, Ka. Koll, J.-U. Wiesemann & A.S. Elzein Quantification of suspended load, sinks and sources for a sediment budget of the German river Rhine N. Gehres, B. Brandstetter, G. Hillebrand, S. Vollmer, K. Banhold, R.M. Frings & H. Schuttrumpf Non-uniform sediment input of the middle Yangtze River, China H. Ge, R. Huang & L. Zhu B.2 River morphology and morphodynamics Morphodynamic differences induced by different confluence angles in widen confluences S. Guillen, M.J. Franca, A.J. Schleiss & A.H. Cardoso Flow patterns in an open channel confluence with a small ratio of main channel to tributary discharge L. Schindfessel, S. Creelle, T. Boelens & T. De Mulder Effect of bed elevation discordance in the main river on the confluence hydrodynamics in 90 straight-channels' confluences D. Dordevic Three dimensional flow field at confluent fixed-bed open channels O. Birjukova, S. Guillen, F. Alegria & A.H. Cardoso Numerical simulation of local tributary widening impacts on hydro-morphological processes of river confluence using CCHE2D M. Rostami & S. Habibi Characterization of confluences of free meander trains at the upper Amazon basin R. Gutierrez, M. Choi, J. Abad & H. Montoro Trapping effect of fine sediment in Wando K. Uno, G. Tsujimoto, T. Kakinoki & N. Kazuuma Sediment transport distribution along developing sand dunes S. Naqshband, J.S. Ribberink, S.J.M.H. Hulscher & D. Hurther Modelling time dependent flow fields over three dimensional dunes R.J. Hardy, T.I. Marjoribanks, D.R. Parsons, A.J. Reesink, B. Murphy, P.J. Ashworth & J.L. Best Coupled numerical simulation of flow and bed and suspended sediment transport over dunes based on the Immersed Boundary method G.A. Leftheriotis & A.A. Dimas Objective method for ranking bedforms with a 3-dimensionality-index F. Nunez-Gonzalez, D. Hesse, B. Ettmer & O. Link Modelling the transition from dunes to the upper-stage plane bed O.J.M. van Duin & S.J.M.H. Hulscher Occurrence and characterization of bed forms at the Danube to the east of Vienna M. Liedermann, P. Gmeiner, M. Tritthart, M. Glas & H. Habersack Flow structure and large scale turbulence in an open channel bend of strong curvature with flat and deformed bed G. Constantinescu & M. Koken The wall shear velocity, u*, in fixed and eroded beds of 180 -curved open channel flow B.A. Kironoto, B.Y. Istiarto, D. Legono, Sumiadi & P.A.B. Sangging Numerical modeling of dune progression in a high-amplitude meandering channel A. Mendoza, D. Wang, J.D. Abad, E.J. Langendoen, P. Tassi & K. El Kadi Abderrezzak 2D and 3D numerical simulations of morphodynamics structures in large-amplitude meanders D. Wang, P. Tassi, K. El Kadi Abderrezzak, A. Mendoza, J.D. Abad & E. Langendoen Modulation of the flow structure by progressive bed forms in the Meandering Wabash River J. Abad, C. Frias, K. Konsoer, J. Best, B. Rhoads, E. Langendoen & M.H. Garcia Ecomorphodynamic conditions for the emergence of river anabranching patterns B. Crouzy, D. Wuthrich, P. Perona & P. D'Odorico Integration of a geotechnical model within a morphodynamic model to investigate river meandering processes Y.Y. Rousseau, M.J. Van de Wiel & P.M. Biron Numerical studies on bed variations under interactions of vegetation and bank strength T. Uchida, I. Kimura, Y. Shimizu & S. Kawamura Stability analysis on periodically changing of channel width Y. Watanabe & K. Hasegawa A diffusive 1D model for the evolution of a braided network subject to varying sediment supply M. Redolfi & M. Tubino Morphodynamic modelling of a tortuous meandering clay bed river using Delft3D: Stillwater Creek, Ottawa 172 P. Parsapour-Moghaddam & C.D. Rennie Variation of the bankfull area in a braided reach of the LYR over the past 30 years X.J. Li, J.Q. Xia & J. Li Sediment transport and bedform development in the lee of bars: Evidence from fixed- and partially-fixed bed experiments A.J.H. Reesink, D.R. Parsons & R.E. Thomas Characteristics of subsurface water flow influenced by formation process of gravel bar M. Obana, T. Chibana & T. Tsujimoto A new equation for alternate bar length A.A. Boraey & A.M. Ferreira da Silva Spatial distribution of porosity of bed material, bed strength and size distribution of bed material on bars H. Takebayashi, M. Fujita, R. Kamito & Y. Samoto Morphodynamics of alternate bars in the Alpine Rhine River: Methods for the applicability of mathematical models using fields observations L. Adami, W. Bertoldi & G. Zolezzi Modelling river bed form dynamics: Large scale application S. Giri, S. Yamaguchi, M. Nabi & Y. Shimizu Sensitivity of morphodynamic simulations due to input variability-implications on sedigraph estimations due to limited data S. Jocham, R. Klar, S. Achleitner & M. Aufleger Numerical modelling of morpho-dynamic processes with multi-thread flows J. Sun, B. Lin & H. Yang Numerical simulation for bed aggradations due to sediment overloading in alluvial channels A.L. Qureshi & A. Baloch Multi-scale modelling of river morphodynamics M. Nabi, S. Giri, T. Iwasaki, I. Kimura & Y. Shimizu Recovering Elder's equation: A new view on river morphology A.J. Constain, D.J.M. Fernandez, J.L.C. Rivera & C.A. Pena-Guzman Temporal bed adjustments to a series of water pulses in gravel bed rivers C. Ferrer-Boix & M.A. Hassan River morphological evolution in earthquake-hit region: Effects of floods and pulsed sediment supply C.G. An, X.D. Fu & G. Parker Sediment transport, sorting and three-dimensional flow patterns in pool-riffle sequences: Implications for self-maintenance E. Bayat, J.F. Rodriguez, G.A.M. de Almeida & P. Saco River rejuvenation for a sediment-laden torrent from the viewpoint of river morphology C.C. Wu & P.H. Wang Quasi-stable channel morphology in response to hydromodification B.D. Plumb & W.K. Annable Simulation of local river widenings-a matter of 1D or 2D modelling? Th. Berchtold, V. Weitbrecht, D. Vetsch & R.M. Boes Analysis of morphological changes in rivers M. Gharbi, A. Soualmia, D. Dartus & L. Masbernat Comparison of morphological predictions in the Lower Rhine River by means of a 2-D and 3-D model and in situ measurements L. Backhaus, T. Brudy-Zippelius, T. Wenka & J. Riesterer Analysis of the Solis Chico river mouth migration C. Chreties, S. Solari, G. Lopez & L. Teixeira Analysis of the estuarine sediment of the Taimali River in Taiwan Wei-Po Huang, John Z. Yim & Yi Jiun Liao The effect of potential discharges on the stability of the Rosetta promontory, Egypt A. Masria, M. Iskander, A. Negm & O.C. Saavedra B.3 Local scour and erosion processes Clear water scouring around bridge piers and the phenomenological theory of turbulence C. Manes Local scour at bridge piers founded in coarse-bed streams D.C. Froehlich Spatiotemporal changes in bed elevations with turbulence around submerged cylinders embedded in sand beds B.S. Mazumder, K. Sarkar & C. Chakraborty Temporal evolution of live-bed pier scour J.H. Hong, H.W. Wang, Y.C. Wang, S.C. Li & Y.M. Chiew Local scour at a cylindrical bridge pier under a flood hydrograph S.A. Salamatian, M. Karimaee Tabarestani & A.R. Zarrati Experimental and computational study of local scour pool around finite patches of vegetation H.S. Kim, I. Kimura & Y. Shimizu A preliminary study on scour at submerged weirs in live bed conditions D. Guan, B.W. Melville & H. Friedrich Experimental and numerical study of the scour process around a slit weir K. Ota & T. Sato An experimental and numerical study on the spatial and temporal evolution of a scour hole downstream of a rigid bed G. Dodaro, A. Tafarojnoruz, F. Calomino, R. Gaudio, F. Stefanucci, C. Adduce & G. Sciortino Equilibrium scour hole downstream of an apron: A model A. Sarkar Numerical modeling on response of fluvial geomorphology to weir removal S.N. Kim, Y. Toda & T. Tsujimoto The dynamic of streams equipped with Check Dams G. Piton & A. Recking Influence of a single submerged groyne on the bed morphology and the flow field R. Mows & Ka. Koll Laboratory analysis of armor layer development in a local scour around a groin G.T. Torok, S. Baranya, N. Ruther & S. Spiller Riverbed layering impact on scour at the abutments B. Gjunsburgs, E. Govsha & G. Jaudzems Spatial and temporal variations in bed morphology at river contractions G. Oliveto & M.C. Marino Location of the maximum scouring depth at the outlet of partially-blocked and non-blocked box culvert S. Sorourian, A. Keshavarzi, J. Ball & B. Samali Investigation of the effective parameters sensitivity with respect to both shear and beam-type failures in overhanging riverbanks A. Samadi, E. Amiri-Tokaldany & S.E. Darby Experimental study of cantilevered riverbank stability E. Amiri-Tokaldany, A. Samadi & M.H. Davoudi Flow structure and bed deformation around a sphere on movable bed A. Tominaga Scour on alluvial bed downstream of falling jets V. Fiorotto, E. Caroni & S. Calligaris Clear-water bridge scour under triangular-shaped hydrographs with different peak discharges G. Bombar Verification of equation for non-deposition sediment transport in flood water canals H. Bonakdari & I. Ebtehaj Scour development caused by propeller jet of moving vessels P. Geisenhainer & Ka. Koll Application and validation of sediment erosion models to time dependent wall shear stresses around a wall-mounted circular cylinder W. Schanderl, O. Chmiel, P. Huttner, S. Zischkale & M. Manhart Influence of pore pressure on clay erosion H.S. Salem, C.D. Rennie & C.Z. Custodio Bank retreat at typical cross-sections in the Jingjiang Reach due to the operation of TGP J.Q. Xia, Q.L. Zong, Y. Zhang & Q.X. Xu Instream river training: Fundamentals and practical example N. Werdenberg, M. Mende & C. Sindelar B.4 Geomorphic unsteady flows Numerical simulation of snow avalanches as a Bingham fluid flow using SPH method A.M. Abdelrazek, I. Kimura & Y. Shimizu Debris flow monitoring in the French Alps C. Bel, F. Liebault, H. Bellot, F. Fontaine, D. Laigle & O. Navratil Unsteady 2D flow over mobile bed with variable density C. Juez, J. Murillo & P. Garcia-Navarro Hydro-morphologic modelling for different calamitous scenarios in a mountain stream A. Radice & S.M. Elsayed Modelling bedload transport for mixed flows in presence of a non-erodible bed layer G. Corestein, E. Blade & D. Ninerola The response of bed-load sediment transport and bed evolution under unsteady hydrograph flows L. Wang, A. Cuthbertson, G. Pender & Z. Cao Morphological changes in River Nile at Bani-Sweif for probable flood flow releases A.S. Foda & A.M.A. Sattar B.5 Dyke and dam erosion Laboratory experiments on dam-break flow of water-sediment mixtures Y. Ozeren, R. Aleixo, M. Altinakar & D. Wren Spatial dike breach: Accuracy of photogrammetric measurement system P.-J. Frank & W.H. Hager Mechanism of embankment dam breach D. Verma, B. Setia & V.K. Arora Dike erosion due to a sudden-wave overtopping: Preliminary results S. Evangelista, A. Leopardi & M. Mingarelli Limitations of the shallow water assumptions for problems involving steep slopes: Application to a dike overtopping test case S. Van Emelen, Y. Zech & S. Soares-Frazao Numerical simulation of a dam-break with a wide range of shields parameter C. Di Cristo, S. Evangelista, A. Leopardi, M. Greco & M. Iervolino Tailings dam-break flow analysis by means of a combined PIV-PTV tool R. Aleixo, Y. Ozeren & M. Altinakar One-dimensional and two-dimensional hydraulic-numerical modeling of dam break waves A. Bornschein C River engineering and restoration C.1 Flow management and flood control Floods in the Guadalquivir river (Southern Spain) P. Bohorquez, V. Aranda, J. Calero, F. Garcia-Garcia, P.A. Ruiz-Ortiz, T. Fernandez & C. Salazar A mobile bed 1D numerical model to support Red River (VietNam) basin management D. Bernardi & L. Schippa Unraveling the contribution of wind, sea level and discharge to design water levels in the Dutch delta R.M.J. Schielen, A. Bomers & D. Kroekenstoel Hydrodynamics of Ribarroja Reservoir (Ebro River, Spain): Water temperature, water velocities and water age M. Arbat-Bofill, M. Sanchez-Juny, E. Blade, D. Ninerola, J. Dolz & A. Palau The numerical investigation of the effect of subsequent check dams on flood peaks and the time of concentration using the MIKE 11 modeling system (Case study: Golabdareh catchment, Iran) P.H. Namadi, B. Saghafian & M. Rostami Flood disaster and training of River Ganga and its two tributaries in India-some case study S.K. Mazumder & K.N. Keshri The Bisagno River diversion M. Ferrari, M. Belicchi, D. Cerlini, U. Majone, S. Venturini, A. Marchi, A. Galli, U. Galli & S. Pinasco Applying river stage forecasting for early inundation warning M.-H. Hsu, J.-C. Fu & W.-H. Teng The Isere Amont project: 16 expanding flood areas along the river O. Manin, A. Le Peillet & L. Boutonnier Semi-automatic conceptual model identification and calibration tool for river hydraulic computations V. Wolfs, P. Meert & P. Willems New computation method for flood flows and bed variations in a low-lying river with complex river systems K. Tabata & S. Fukuoka Lateral flood discharge at rivers: Concepts and challenges M. Buhlmann & R.M. Boes Mitigation measures for unsteady flow effects on riverbeds during hydropower peaking S. Spiller, N. Ruther & H. Friedrich A study on selection of probability distributions for at-site flood frequency analysis in Mahanadi river basin, India N. Guru & R. Jha Iowa watersheds project: Planning and assessment of flood reduction strategies in agricultural watersheds N.W. Thomas, L.J. Weber & N.C. Young Freeboard allowance at rivers-experiences from Germany R. Pohl Managing materials across the Isere river and Isere Amont works O. Manin, J.-F. Frezet & L. Boutonnier Large wood dynamics in a wide mountain river: The Czarny Dunajec, Polish Carpathians V. Ruiz-Villanueva, M. Stoffel, B. Wyzga, P. Mikus & Z.W. Kundzewicz Effect of Black Hole Dams in the Eastern Nile River Basin: Changes in water quantity and quality of downstream countries S.A. Kantoush C.2 Risk mitigation and assessment in river basins One-dimensional flood inundation modeling and sediment transport characterization for a potential mining site in southern Virginia, USA C.F. Castro-Bolinaga & P. Diplas Site selection for sand and gravel mining using an integrated GIS/MCDM approach A. Effati, A.M. Malek, S. Seyf & A. Karaji The Romanche Sechilienne project, an integrated approach to river development M. Grenier, T. Monier & C. Moiroud Sediment management measures for river restoration and flood protection in alpine valleys B. Roquier, J. Dubois & J.-L. Boillat Estimating the combined effect of flood mitigation measures F. Huthoff, J. Udo, H. Barneveld, M. Bakker & N. Asselman PMP-PMF and their occurrence probability in alpine region by 2-3D modelling J.A. Hertig, R.G. Receanu & J.M. Fallot C.3 Flow monitoring and remote sensing methods Bedload grain size estimation from the indirect monitoring of bedload transport with Swiss plate geophones at the Erlenbach stream C.R. Wyss, D. Rickenmann, B. Fritschi, J.M. Turowski, V. Weitbrecht & R.M. Boes Deriving formulas for gravel transport velocity from tracer measurements M. Klosch & H. Habersack Monitoring of sediment transport processes for determining future trends J. Schneider, M. Redtenbacher, G. Harb, O. Sass, J. Stangl, A. Gobiet, G. Heinrich & S. Tani Gravity wave effects on the calibration uncertainty of hydrometric current meters M.A. de Huu & B. Wuthrich Remote monitoring of volumetric discharge based on surface mean and turbulent metrics E. Johnson & E. Cowen Acoustic sediment flux observations on the Fraser River, Canada D.W. Haught, J.G. Venditti & M. Church A quality analysis of the Vectrino II instrument using a new open-source MATLAB toolbox and 2D ARMA models to detect and replace spikes B. MacVicar, S. Dilling, J. Lacey & K. Hipel Image-based velocity and discharge measurements in field and laboratory river engineering studies using the free Fudaa-LSPIV software J. Le Coz, M. Jodeau, A. Hauet, B. Marchand & R. Le Boursicaud Evaluation of 2D river flow simulation with the aid of image-based field velocity measurement techniques I. Fujita, G. Kumano & K. Asami Three dimensional flow analyses for accuracy estimation of floats flow measurement A. Kadota & S. Okada Operational river velocity surveillance at whole reach-scale by implementing time-of-arrival algorithms on upstream-downstream conductivity signals D. Petrovic, I. Vulpe, J.-P. Vanderborght & M.A. Verbanck Using airborne hydromapping to study an alpine torrent W. Dobler, R. Baran, F. Steinbacher, M. Ritter & M. Aufleger Helicopter-based surface PIV experiments at Thur River M. Detert & V. Weitbrecht Wetted width of Norwegian rivers-results of a pilot study P. Zinke & C. Carnerero Stream temperature forecasting by means of ensemble of neural networks: Importance of input variables and ensemble size M.J. Napiorkowski, A.P. Piotrowski & J.J. Napiorkowski Decomposition of a cloud of gaugings into hydraulically homogeneous families for the tracing of the rating curves by using existing segmentation procedures T. Morlot, C. Perret & A.-C. Favre Harmonizing water and energy, available tools from the AIM Alpine Space in Movement project M.A. Peviani, A. Danelli & M. Cesca C.4 Protection against local scour and erosion Studies on the effect of an upstream pier as a scour protection measure of a downstream bridge pier S.K. Khaple, P.R. Hanmaiahgari & S. Dey Application of collars as scour countermeasure at various contraction ratios caused by two spill through abutments M. Koken, M. Gogus & K. Yilmaz Designing rock riprap falling aprons to protect bridge piers and abutments D.C. Froehlich Effect of compressed riprap thickness on the stability of river banks M. Jafarnejad, M.J. Franca, M. Pfister & A.J. Schleiss Predicting stable river bank