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Hydrodynamics and Sediment Transport of Downslope Turbidity Current Through Rigid Vegetation

Water resources research, 2023-08, Vol.59 (8), p.n/a [Peer Reviewed Journal]

2023. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved. ;ISSN: 0043-1397 ;EISSN: 1944-7973 ;DOI: 10.1029/2023WR034421

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  • Title:
    Hydrodynamics and Sediment Transport of Downslope Turbidity Current Through Rigid Vegetation
  • Author: Han, Dongrui ; He, Zhiguo ; Lin, Ying‐Tien ; Wang, Yuhang ; Guo, Yakun ; Yuan, Yeping
  • Subjects: Bursting ; Deposition ; Eddies ; Emergent aquatic plants ; Emergent vegetation ; Hydrodynamics ; Kinetic energy ; Propagation modes ; rigid vegetation ; Sediment ; Sediment transport ; Sedimentation & deposition ; Sediments ; Submerged plants ; Turbidity ; turbidity current ; Turbidity currents ; Turbulence ; Turbulent kinetic energy ; turbulent structure ; Vegetation
  • Is Part Of: Water resources research, 2023-08, Vol.59 (8), p.n/a
  • Description: Systematical downslope‐turbidity‐current experiments were performed to clarify the relationship between sediment‐transport modes and current propagation patterns caused by rigid vegetation, as well as adjustments in turbulence characteristics of current. The equations for predicting the front velocities of downslope turbidity currents with emergent vegetation were proposed and validated via experimental data. Experimental results reveal that sediment deposition causes the lower turbulent kinetic energy (TKE) peaks of turbidity currents to decrease or even disappear without affecting their upper TKE peaks, while the rigid vegetation has the opposite effect. Vegetation stems destroy the longitudinal low‐high speed streaks associated with the quasi‐streamwise eddies in the near‐bed region and increase the proportions of the outward and inward interactions. In addition, sediment deposition severely suppresses the turbulent bursting events within turbidity currents but does not influence the relative proportions of the four bursting types. Rigid vegetation and sediment deposition both degrade the absolute values of the third‐order moments of velocity fluctuations without changing their signs to reduce the generation frequency of sweep events. Emergent rigid vegetation accelerates the formation of the reflected bore to provide energy for the deposited sediment to move downstream continuously. On the other hand, the dense submerged vegetation makes turbidity currents easily form the two‐head propagating mode, which allows part of the sediments carried by the upper current head to be transported downstream rather than deposited within or upstream of the vegetation region. Furthermore, the sloping boundary provides favorable conditions to initiate these specific modes for sediment transport adjusted by rigid vegetation. Key Points Equations are developed and validated to predict the front velocities of turbidity currents flowing slopes with emergent rigid vegetation Rigid vegetation and sediment gradation are key factors in controlling the turbulence characteristics of downslope turbidity currents Rigid vegetation distinctly changes the sediment‐transport modes of downslope turbidity currents by adjusting their propagation patterns
  • Publisher: Washington: John Wiley & Sons, Inc
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 0043-1397
    EISSN: 1944-7973
    DOI: 10.1029/2023WR034421
  • Source: Wiley Blackwell AGU Digital Archive
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