Author(s): W. R. C. Myers; E. K. Brennan

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Abstract: Preliminary results from the Flood Channel Facility sponsored by the British Science and Engineering Research Council and Hydraulics Research Ltd. are presented. The Facility takes the form of a large compound channel and the first series of experiments have been analysed to assess flow resistance characteristics of simple and compound channels having smooth boundaries. The effects of momentum transfer from main channel to flood plains on the capacity of the compound and main channel sections have been demonstrated. Flow resistance relationships for the compound section, main channel and flood plains have been presented in terms of Manning's and Darcy-Weisbach resistance coefficients, and compared with simple channel shapes. This has emphasised the complexity of compound channel flow resistance, while also pointing out the likely errors involved in applying simple channel methods of analysis and design to rivers and channels of compound geometry.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00221689009499083

Year: 1990