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flood plains. The river restoration methods of which the discharge is controlled by
a dam upstream include flexible dam operation for flood control including artificial
flooding (Kondolf and Wilcock, 1996), a dam removal that has lost its functions and
improvement of sediment transport through sediment supply to the dam
downstream (Gaeuman, 2014). River restoration improves the river morphology,
or reproduces flood plains to connect the river with the protected lower channel
habitats or to increase the flood frequency of the flood plains, increasing the
diversity of the habitats (Gaeuman, 2014). For a river where the sediment is
trapped by a dam, sediment supply to the river upstream is the most common
restoration project (Bunte, 2004). Reduction of the sediment inflow in the river by
a dam construction upstream may change the geomorphic features of the river or
disturb the ecosystem habitats in the dam downstream, affecting the aquatic
ecosystem. Decrease of the sediment supply to a dam downstream lowers the bed
elevation, changes the sediment size in the bed, separates gravel from fine
sediment to form an armored layer and spreads the layer to the downstream.
Sediment can be supplied to a river through various methods, and the specific
implementation method is determined by following the major objectives of the
sediment supply. Bunte (2004) proposed the sediment supply method of placing
pebble piles in a river during a dry season before a flood event, in which the
sediment supplied to a river may be immediately swept by a flood to the river
downstream. Recently, various methods have been employed in South Korea to
improve the river environment in dams downstream. In particular, methods of
sediment supply have been prepared to improve the river environment by
supplying sediment to dams downstream. In this study, a numerical simulation was
conducted to investigate the efficiency of the plans as a preliminary study. The
effect of sediment supply was evaluated in the Naeseongcheon Stream under
discharge conditions that were dependent on the dam operation.
2. NUMERICAL MODEL
This study used a physical-based morphodynamic model, Nays2DH,
developed by Shimizu(Iwasaki et al., 2015). This model solves the two-dimensional
depth-averaged flow equations and calculates sediment transport and sediment
sorting, and geomorphic changes considering bank erosion and vegetation. This
model has been applied in various rivers.
A numerical model is applied to simulate flow field. The governing equations,
i.e., the continuity and momentum equations, for water flow are transformed from
the Cartesian coordinate system into boundary fitted coordinate system.
Continuity equation:
0
J
hu
ηJ
hu
ξJ
h
t ηξ
(1)
Momentum equations in the and directions:
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Book of Full Papers
Symposium Hydro Engineering
- Title
- Book of Full Papers
- Subtitle
- Symposium Hydro Engineering
- Author
- Gerald Zenz
- Publisher
- Verlag der Technischen Universität Graz
- Location
- Graz
- Date
- 2018
- Language
- English
- License
- CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- ISBN
- 978-3-85125-620-8
- Size
- 20.9 x 29.6 cm
- Pages
- 2724
- Keywords
- Hydro, Engineering, Climate Changes
- Categories
- International
- Naturwissenschaften Physik
- Technik