Bibliographic citations
Abad, J., (2022). Impacto de la orientación de curvas en la morfología de fondo de canales meándricos mediante sensoramiento remoto y experimentación [Tesis, Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería]. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14076/24833
Abad, J., Impacto de la orientación de curvas en la morfología de fondo de canales meándricos mediante sensoramiento remoto y experimentación [Tesis]. PE: Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería; 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14076/24833
@misc{renati/712533,
title = "Impacto de la orientación de curvas en la morfología de fondo de canales meándricos mediante sensoramiento remoto y experimentación",
author = "Abad Cueva, Jorge Darwin",
publisher = "Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería",
year = "2022"
}
Meandering channels display complex planform configurations where upstream (US)- and downstream (DS)-skewed bends are observed (US and DS are asymmetric planform configurations). Bend orientation is probably linked to near- field hydrodynamics, bed morphodynamic regimes, bank characteristics, riparian vegetation, geological environment, among other modulating factors that are acting specially at high-amplitude and high-sinuosity conditions. Based on the interaction between hydrodynamics and morphodynamics, some studies have suggested that sub- (β<βR) and super-resonant (β>βR) morphodynamic regimes (where β is one of the main geomorphic parameters which is equal to half-width divided by the averaged water depth and R represents the resonance condition) may trigger a particular bend orientation (upstream- and downstream-skewed, respectively). However, natural rivers exhibit both US and DS bend patterns along the same reach, independent of the morphodynamic regime. The resonance condition occurs when bar and bend instabilities operate at similar wavenumbers, thus erosional and depositional patterns achieve their maximum magnitude, so a more stable morphology. Using the asymmetric Kinoshita channel, experiments under sub- and super-resonant conditions (with presence and no presence of free bars) for upstream-and downstream-skewed conditions are performed. Additionally, in order to consider the natural scale, the following items were developed: 1) remote sensing analysis of the planimetry of the Tigre River, 2) detailed field measurements at US and DS bends of different skewness along the Tigre River (a tributary of the Marañon River) is presented. Results show: 1) that there are curves upstream and downstream along the Tigre River, with a higher percentage of curves oriented upstream when sinuosity increases, 2) based on laboratory experiments and measurements in the Tigre River, it can be show that there is an influence of the orientation of the curves (curvature) on the bathymetry of the curves. For DS curves, it is observed that the geomorphology is more developed, covering almost the entire curve, therefore, promoting greater secondary flow intensity, 3) in cases where the river could migrate laterally, it is very likely that DS curves with higher rates will be found than US curves, however, in the case of the Tigre River, due to its limited lateral migration, it cannot be answered in an absolute way whether US or DS curves migrate more, it is notorious in the study area that certainly DS curves tend to have greater lateral migration, but this case should be studied in more detail, 4) in laboratory experiments it was observed that there is an upstream migration of deposition patterns on the inner margin under super-resonance conditions, 5) that the natural conditions where nonlinear processes abound (for example, migratory bedforms, high sinuosity and curvature that produce complex flow structures and morphologies, among others) filter the influence of morphodynamic regimes, therefore, it is common to find curves of different orientations in the same river (on a natural scale), under similar forcing conditions, regardless of the condition of sub- and super-resonance.
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