In the sandy Hii River, a large amount of sediment yield from upper river basin had brought developments of braided channels covered with sand waves. In the braided channels, sediment materials on the river beds are capable to move in normal discharge conditions. In recent years, however, the sediment yield decreases due to constructions of check dams and ground sills in the upper river basin. Thus, the river beds downstream of the ground sill have gradually degraded and the main channel widths have been narrowed with the progressing bed degradation. Firstly, we clarified that the effects of non-equilibrium sediment transports around the ground sill during normal discharge conditions on the bed degradation and the channel width reduction by using annual observed data and numerical simulations for bed variations. In addition, we provided the river improvement techniques for mitigating bed degradation and channel width reduction by improving state of non-equilibrium sediment transports passing through the ground sill.
Takahisa GOTOH, Shoji FUKUOKA and Akira UEDA 1 正会員 博士(工学) 中央大学研究開発機構 機構助教(〒112-8551 東京都文京区春日1-13-27) 2 フェロー 工博 Ph.D. 中央大学研究開発機構教授 (同上) 3 国土交通省 中国地方整備局 太田川河川事務所 所長(〒730-8530 広島市中区八丁堀3番20) Since the elevation of flood plains in the lower Ota River floodway is located in the intertidal zone, tidal flats formed on the flood plains have become important as one of river functions. However, the tidal flats are gradually reducing in size due to bed scouring year by year. So, the cross-sectional shape in the lower floodway has changed gradually and naturally to the ship-bottom shaped channels at present from compound channels in the beginning by flood flows. Therefore, it is necessary to design the riprap for protecting against the erosion of the tidal flats. In this study, we evaluate effects of ripraps on the topographic changes and provide appropriately ripraps design by using numerical simulation for flood flows and bed variations in the lower Ota River floodway. Finally, issues to be considered in the design of a ship-bottom shaped channel which are found in the present study are summarized.
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