Estimation of hydraulic and geometric parameters of a gravel-bed river such as dimensions of bedforms is very difficult task, although they play a fundamental role in river engineering projects. One of the methods to get essential information regarding the bedform characteristics is to find the relations between the flow parameters and bedform dimensions. We conducted this field study in the Babolroud River in northern Iran to investigate the application of double averaged method in unspecific gravel bedforms to evaluate friction factor. Using data collected from several river reaches with total length of 356 m of a gravel-bed river, the relationship between bedform geometry (height and the length of bedforms) and flow parameters including shear velocity, transport stage parameter with friction factor is investigated.
Different methods for estimating bedforms dimensions are examined to assess the ability of predicting bedform parameters (length and height) in a gravel-bed river. Using bedform parameters, the contribution of particle and form friction is estimated. Results confirm the application of the double averaged method and existing bedform parameters for unspecific bedforms. There exists a similar trend between aspect ratio and friction factor in gravel bedforms.
The paper deals with the method of transverse dispersion coefficient statement from field measurement and with a way of correction of their values through the mathematical modelling. A constant steady source of tracer was used by the method of the computation of transverse dispersion coefficient from the field measurements and the method can be applied in wide and shallow rivers. It is based on the work of Demetracopoulos and Stefan (1983). The transverse dispersion coefficients were determined by this method at about 4 km long part of the Hron River. There was found out that the applied method gives overestimated results of transverse dispersion coefficients, so they had to be corrected by application of 2-dimensional numerical model of dispersion MODI with which there were simulated the results of field measurements. The summary of result values of these coefficients are in Tab. 1. and Príspevok opisuje spôsob stanovenia koeficientov priečnej disperzie a korekciu ich hodnoty za pomoci matematického modelu MODI, vychádzajúc z terénnych meraní. Pri terénnych meraniach bola aplikovaná metóda stanovenia priečneho disperzného koeficienta publikovaná Demetracopoulosom a Stefanom (1983). Táto metóda využíva konštantný zdroj stopovacej látky a je aplikovateľná pre široké plytké korytá. Na jej základe boli stanovené hodnoty priečnych disperzných koeficientov na cca 4 km dlhom úseku rieky Hron medzi zaústením toku Istebník a mostom v Banskej Bystrici-Šalkovej. Metóda Demetracopoulosa a Stefana (1983) však dáva vo všeobecnosti nadhodnotené výsledky priečnych disperzných koeficientov, preto hodnoty týchto koeficientov boli na základe simulácie výsledkov terénnych meraní modelom MODI následne korigované. Výsledky sú zhrnuté v tab. 1.