Author(s): Kamalini Devi; Bhabani S. Das; Jnana R. Khuntia; Kishanjit K. Khatua

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Abstract: The present work investigates the analysis of depth-averaged velocity and boundary shear stress distribution in compound channels with non-uniform flow condition. A quasi two-dimensional model is proposed to assess the flow variables by accounting the physical processes that are specific to non-uniform flow. For analyzing the flow behavior, experimental data sets concerning compound channels with narrowing and enlarging floodplains of previous investigators are considered. The model accounts the influence of momentum transfer on the flow variables through additional shear stresses that are developed in non-uniform flow. Three types of effective stresses produced by molecular viscosity, turbulent and dispersion on the vertical planes are discussed. An analytical solution to the model is presented. Terms associated with the effective stresses are investigated relating them to the geometric and hydraulic parameters. The significance of lateral variation of energy slope is further investigated. For both homogenous and heterogeneous non-prismatic channels, the approach is examined to predict the flow variables with reasonable accuracy.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20184006041

Year: 2018