Turbulence and Rivers

Mário J. Franca, Daniel Valero, Xiaofeng Liu

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Abstract

Turbulence is ubiquitous in river flows and it is determinant for many fluvial processes such as channel morphology evolution, conservation of ecosystems and maintenance of water quality. Although a well settled theoretical frame regarding fundamentals of turbulent flows exists, the interdependencies between turbulence and river geomorphology mechanisms are very complex and far from being completely understood. Some of the main difficulties in bridging both, the fluid mechanics and the geomorphology realms, remain in semantic differences and in the theoretical approaches. Herein, we contribute to this bridging effort, by: providing fundamental notions and theoretical formulations that are grounded to geomorphology problems; presenting several examples of manifestation of turbulence and its relationship with river geomorphology processes; and showing modeling strategies that can be adopted in research and practice in river geomorphology.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationTreatise on Geomorphology
PublisherElsevier
Pages151-175
Number of pages25
ISBN (Electronic)9780128182352
ISBN (Print)9780128182345
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2022

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Environmental Science

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