Publications by Blaise Etienne Marceau Dhont

How bar generate sediment transport pulses in gravel-bed channels

Christophe Ancey, Ivan Pascal, Blaise Etienne Marceau Dhont

We ran flume experiments with constant water dis- charge and sediment feed rate at the inlet. Experi- ments were conducted over long times (typically 600 h). The bars migrated downstream intermittently, producing the most important pulses. When the bar pos ...

IAHR2018

Are Bedload Transport Pulses in Gravel Bed Rivers Created by Bar Migration or SedimentWaves?

Christophe Ancey, Blaise Etienne Marceau Dhont

Bedload transport exhibits considerable spatial and temporal variability, as reflected by large fluctuations of transport rates. Among the various mechanisms proposed for explaining this variability, bedform migration is often cited as the main cause. We t ...

2018

Bar dynamics and sediment transport pulses in gravel-bed channels

Christophe Ancey, Blaise Etienne Marceau Dhont

Mountain rivers exhibit sediment transport rate fluctuations that often cover more than two orders of magnitude. Bedform migration is often cited as the key process that causes giant fluctuations in the sediment transport rate. To quantify the effect of be ...

EDP Sciences2018

Continuous Monitoring of Bed-Load Transport in a Laboratory Flume Using an Impact Sensor

Christophe Ancey, Blaise Etienne Marceau Dhont, Gauthier Paul Daniel Marie Rousseau

Bed-load transport rate in gravel-bed rivers shows large non-Gaussian fluctuations, even under steady flow conditions. The development of high-resolution measurement techniques during the last two decades creates research opportunities to study the intermi ...

American Society of Civil Engineers2017

Sediment Pulses in a Gravel-Bed Flume with Alternate Bars

Blaise Etienne Marceau Dhont

The proper understanding of gravel-bed river dynamics is a crucial issue for the effective protection against related natural hazards, design of hydraulic structures, and preservation of their high ecological value in mountain regions. However, despite mor ...

EPFL2017

Continuous monitoring of bedload transport in a laboratory flume using an impact sensor

Christophe Ancey, Blaise Etienne Marceau Dhont, Gauthier Paul Daniel Marie Rousseau

Bedload transport rate in gravel-bed rivers shows large non-Gaussian fluctuations, even under steady flow conditions. The development of high-resolution measurement techniques during the last two decades creates research opportunities to study the intermit ...

American Society of Civil Engineers2016