Dynamics and River Processes
Code
9684
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
Department
Departamento de Engenharia Civil
Credits
6.0
Teacher in charge
António Pedro de Nobre Carmona Rodrigues
Teaching language
Português
Subject matter
Introductiontodimensionalanalysis andtosimilartytheory.
Elements on turbulentflows.
Sedimentmotionthresholdassociatedtoturbulentevents.
Types of sedimenttransport.
Transport of mixtures of sediments. Organized turbulence andsediment transport.
Bedforms andits interactionwiththe flow.
Resistance to flow in mobile and vegetatedbeds.
Unsteady flows over mobilebeds.
Flows in rivers: compound channels, irregular bottoms, bends, meanders, groynes, bridge piers and abutments.
Bibliography
P. Julien. River Mechanics. Cambridge University Press, 2002.
A.J. Raudkivi. Loose Boundary Hydraulics. A. A. Balkema Publishers, 1998.
M.S. Yalin. Mechanics of Sediment Transport. 2nd Edition, Pergamon Press Ltd, Oxford, UK, 1977.
T. Takahashi. Debris Flow. IAHR Monograph Series. A.A. Balkema, 1991. M.S. Yalin. Theory of Hydraulic Models. MacMillan, New York, USA, 1971.