INCIPIENT MOTION OF NON-COHESIVE SEDIMENT UNDER ICE COVER-AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY

• Published in: Journal of Hydrodynamics Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 117 - 124
• Main Authors: Wang, Jun, Sui, Jue-yi, Karney, Bryan W.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore Springer Singapore 01.02.2008; School of Civil Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China%Environmental Science and Environmental Engineering Program, University of Northern British Columbia, British Columbia, Canada, V2N 4Z9%Department of Civil Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 1A4
• Subjects: Engineering; Engineering Fluid Dynamics; Hydrology/Water Resources; Numerical and Computational Physics; Simulation; 冰覆盖量; 原始运动; 电阻率; grain size; densimetric Froude number; incipient motion; velocity; resistance coefficient; shear Reynolds number; ice cover
• ISSN: 1001-6058; 1878-0342; 1000-4874
• DOI: 10.1016/S1001-6058(08)60036-0

Based on a series of experiments under both ice-covered and free surface conditions, the present article discusses the role of flow velocity and critical shear Reynolds number for incipient motion of bed material. The influence of the resistance coefficients of both the underside of the ice cover and the channel bed on the location of the maximum velocity has been discussed. In addition, the impacts of ice and composite resistance coefficients on flow velocity for incipient motion of bed material have been assessed. The diagram describing the critical shear Reynolds number and the dimensionless shear stress for the incipient motion of sediment under ice covered conditions with different under cover resistance coefficient has been established. The effects of grain size on densimetric Froude number for incipient motion of bed material have been investigated. A relationship between the densimetric Froude number for incipient motion of bed material and the median grain size of bed material as well as the roughness coefficient of channel bed and roughness coefficient of ice cover has been established.