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The use of relative celerities of bed forms to compute sediment transport in the Paraná River

  • Carlos Vionnet
  • , Clelia Marti
  • , Mario Amsler
  • , Leticia Rodriguez

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Abstract

In this work the problem of modelling movable bed flow is partially addressed by considering the relative magnitude of the celerities at which disturbances on the water surface and on the bed propagate. Part of the interest in computing bed forms celerities is to estimate the total sediment load transported by the Paraná River. To this end, the relative celerities implied by different transport formulae are determined by a linear stability analysis of the Exner approximation to the shallow-water equations. Then, nonlinear celerities are calculated numerically by perturbing the sediment load flowing into a uniform channel of similar slope and roughness as those encountered in the Paraná River. Finally, by matching numerical results with recorded field data of dune migration, a representative value of the total sediment load of the Paraná River is obtained.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationModelling Soil Erosion, Sediment Transport and Closely Related Hydrological Processes: Proceedings of an International Symposium held at Vienna from 13 to 17 July 1998
EditorsWolfgang Summer , Eduard Klaghofer, Wei Zhang
Place of PublicationWallingford, UK
PublisherInternational Association of Hydrologic Sciences
Pages399-406
Number of pages8
Volume249
ISBN (Print)1-901502-50-3
Publication statusPublished - 1998
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

NameIAHS-AISH Publication
PublisherInternational Association of Hydrological Sciences
Number249
ISSN (Print)0144-7815

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