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Sediment transport in suspension may represent 90% or more of the global annual flux of sediment. For instance, more than 99% of the sediment supplied to the sea by the Yangtze River is suspended load. Suspended load is an important component for understan ...

2017

Influence of outlet discharge on the efficiency of turbidity current venting

Sabine Chamoun

Sediment yield into reservoirs was underestimated during the design of dams in the past. As a result, today, reservoir sedimentation is endangering the sustainability of dams. Moreover, the obstruction of rivers hinders their capacity to transport sediment ...

EPFL2017

Hydro-morphological processes through permeable sediment traps at mountain rivers

Sebastian Schwindt

Sediment traps are used for the protection of urban settlements at rivers in mountainous regions. These structures aim at the retention of sediment in the case of hazardous floods, but existing sediment traps tend to retain sediment also when the discharge ...

EPFL2017

EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS ON SEDIMENT ENTRAINMENT BY GRAVITY CURRENTS

Anton Schleiss, Mário Jorge Rodrigues Pereira Da Franca, Carmelo Juez Jiménez, Jessica Zordan

Gravity currents are geophysical flows responsible of the distal transport of high volumes of sediments. In particular, turbidity currents, a form of gravity currents where sediments in suspension confer the buoyancy that ignites the flow, are the main mec ...

2017

Morpho-dynamics of mountain streams: from laboratory experiments to field observations.

Christophe Ancey, Stuart Nicholas Lane, François Mettra

Due to the complexity of mountain stream evolution and its causes, it is judicious to conduct flume experiments to better understand the morpho-dynamics of steep river channels. A series of long-term experiments under steady conditions revealed the high in ...

2017

Possible causes of high sediment transport fluctuations observed in mountainous rivers are still not well understood. Several studies have linked these fluctuations with the presence of bedforms. However, upstream-migrating bedforms, that are similar in pr ...

2017

Measurement of the deposition of fine sediments in a channel bed

Giovanni De Cesare, Mário Jorge Rodrigues Pereira Da Franca, Sabine Chamoun, Jessica Zordan

Various instruments allowing the measurements of bottom deposits of fine sediments exist. Different techniques are developed in order to suit diverse operating conditions. The present study considers two high-precision instruments, namely, an electrical re ...

2016

Replenishment of sediment downstream of dams: Erosion and transport processes

Elena Battisacco

Large dams in Alpine valleys retain most of the sediments, especially coarse material, which is deposited in the delta of the reservoirs. The common sediment evacuation measures allow to flush only the fine sediments for example by turbidity current ventin ...

EPFL-LCH2016

Coupling between flow and sediment deposition in rectangular shallow reservoirs

Anton Schleiss, Erica Camnasio, Michel Pirotton

Flow velocity and sedimentation patterns were investigated experimentally and numerically in shallow rectangular reservoirs with different asymmetric locations of the inlet and outlet channels. Velocity fields were measured in the entire reservoir, both fo ...

Taylor & Francis Ltd2013

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Extensive areas of the bottom of Lake Geneva are covered with bedforms that have been referred to as pillow-hollows and quilted-cover pattern by prior observers, as well as with sediment waves and trenches. These structures are decimeter to meter scale. A ...

Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences and SHOM2013