Predictive Capability of Bedload Equations Using Flume Data

Abstract

The study on bedload transport behaviour is widely explored from the last few decades and many semiempirical or empirical equilibrium transport equations are developed. The phenomenon is a very complex due to its varied physical properties like velocity, depth, slope, particle size in the alluvial system. In practical applications, these formulae have appreciable deviation from each other in derivation and also their ranges of applications are different. Here, bedload transports have been categorized into moderate bedload transport and intense bedload transport depending upon the Einstein bedload transport parameter. Based on large database of different bedload measurements, a comparative analysis has been performed to ascertain prediction ability of different bedload equations based on various statistical criteria such as the coefficient of determination, Nash-Sutcliffe coefficient and index of agreement. It has been found that equations based on shear stress have worked better than other approaches (discharge, probabilistic and regression) for flume observations. Výskum transportu splavenín počas posledného obdobia bol relatívne intenzívny; jeho výsledkom bolo množstvo empirických a poloempirických rovníc kvantifikujúcich rovnovážny transport splavenín. Je to zložitá problematika; je to tak v dôsledku meniacich sa fyzikálnych vlastností ako je rýchlosť, hĺbka, sklon, zrnitostné zloženie splavenín v aluviálnom systéme. Výsledky výpočtu z týchto rovníc sa významne líšia a líši sa tiež oblasť ich možnej aplikácie. V tejto štúdii je transport splavenín rozdelený na priemerný a intenzívny, podľa Einsteinovho parametra transportu splavenín. S využitím štatistických metód sme uskutočnili komparatívnu analýzu presnosti rozdielnych rovníc transportu splavenín. Pri analýze bola použitá rozsiahla databáza výsledkov meraní. Výsledkom je, že rovnice založené na informácii o tangenciálnom napätí dávajú lepšie výsledky ako tie, ktoré využívajú pre výpočet transportu splavenín prietoky, pravdepodobnostný prístup a regresie.KĽÚČOVÉ SLOVÁ: aluviálny kanál, transport splavenín, hydraulický žľab, presnosť výpočtu, tangenciálne napätie.

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