Chapter 9:
Uniform flow in mobile boundary
channel
1
Hydraulics
Er. Binu Karki
Lecturer
Rigid and mobile boundary channel
Rigid Boundary channel
• Channel whose bed and banks are made up of
non-erodible material.
• Can resist erosion satisfactorily
• Resistance to water depends only on nature of
boundary surface and it can be determined.
• Dimensions can be calculated by using
uniform flow equations i.e Manning and
Chezy’s equation can be used
Mobile Boundary Channel
• Boundary is made up of loose soil which can be
easily eroded and transported by flowing water.
• E.g. river, unlined alluvial channel
• Resistance depends not only on boundary surface
but also on condition of bed and banks
• Uniform flow formula is not sufficient for design.
Stability depends on properties of channel
material.
Alluvial Channel
Alluvial Channel
• It transports water as well as sediment
• Sediment and channel boundary material has
same properties
• It is stable if sediment inflow=sediment
outflow, channel bed remains constant
• Shape, longitudinal slope and cross sectional
dimensions depend on discharge, size of
sediment, and sediment load
Shear stress distribution on channel
boundary
Shear stress distribution on channel
boundary
Shear stress distribution on channel
boundary
Incipient motion condition
• At low discharge, with low depth of flow and
small shear stress, sediment will be at rest
• With increase in discharge, bed particles just
start to move, this condition is critical
condition/Incipient motion condition
• In this condition
1. Shear stress=critical shear stress
2. Bed particle diameter=critical particle
diameter
Incipient motion condition video!!
Introduction to tractive force approach
• Average shear stress on channel bed at which
sediment particle just begin to move is critical
tractive stress/critical shear stress
• Approach assumes “Sediment particle resting
on bed is in equilibrium due to balance in
between
1. Drag and lift forces exerted by flowing fluid
2. Submerged weight of particle”
• More rational and widely accepted
Introduction to Shields diagram
• According to Shield, the tractive force exerted by
the flowing water on the sediment to cause
motion is equal to boundary shear, τ0
• Tractive force/resistance to motion of single
sediment grain=
Dimensionless ratio=entrainment function or non
dimensional shear stress
Significant parameter in bed load movement
d- grain diameter
Ƴs and Ƴw-specific wt.of sediment and water
Introduction to Shields diagram
• Shear Reynold’s number( Rn),
Formation of river beds based on
shear stress
• τo > τc ,bed particles start to move in direction of
flow
• τo= avg. shear stress on bed of alluvial channel
• τc = critical value
• Different features form on bed under different conditions of
sediment size, fluid and flow condition.
• Characteristics of different bed forms =regime of flow
• When τo< τc ,no sediment motion, bed remains plane, rigid
boundary channel
Types of bed forms
Ripples:
• τo > τc , sediment particles start to move
and small unsymmetrical triangular
undulations appear on bed known as
ripples.
• Length of undulation<0.4m
• Height of undulation<40mm
• Sediment size<0.6mm
• Sediment move by sliding and rolling
• Smooth water surface
• Formed when Fr<1(subcritical condition)
Types of bed forms
 Dunes:
• With increase in discharge, ripples grow
in size with flat upstream and steep
downstream
• Water surface not smooth
• Some particle may remain in suspension
• Length of undulation>0.3m to …m
• Height of undulation>30mm to … cm
• Sediment erosion in u/s
• d/s movement speed <<mean stream
velocity
• Formed when Fr<1(subcritical condition)
Types of bed forms
Transition:
• With further increase in discharge,
dunes get washed leaving small
undulation
• Small discharge increment may cause
formation of sinusoidal waves
(standing waves)on bed and water
surface
 These two type of bed form are
designated as transition
• Formed when Fr is relatively high
• Unstable bed form
• Offers low resistance to flow
Types of bed forms
Antidunes:
• With further increase in
discharge, sediment transport
intensity increases.
• Symmetrical bed and water
surface waves appear
• Sediment move d/s, crest of bed
wave move upstream
These undulations are Antidunes
• Waves grow steeper and break
• Occurs in supercritical flow
• High sediment transport rate
• low resistance to flow

Chapter 9:Uniform flow in mobile boundary channel

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    Chapter 9: Uniform flowin mobile boundary channel 1 Hydraulics Er. Binu Karki Lecturer
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    Rigid and mobileboundary channel
  • 3.
    Rigid Boundary channel •Channel whose bed and banks are made up of non-erodible material. • Can resist erosion satisfactorily • Resistance to water depends only on nature of boundary surface and it can be determined. • Dimensions can be calculated by using uniform flow equations i.e Manning and Chezy’s equation can be used
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    Mobile Boundary Channel •Boundary is made up of loose soil which can be easily eroded and transported by flowing water. • E.g. river, unlined alluvial channel • Resistance depends not only on boundary surface but also on condition of bed and banks • Uniform flow formula is not sufficient for design. Stability depends on properties of channel material.
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    Alluvial Channel • Ittransports water as well as sediment • Sediment and channel boundary material has same properties • It is stable if sediment inflow=sediment outflow, channel bed remains constant • Shape, longitudinal slope and cross sectional dimensions depend on discharge, size of sediment, and sediment load
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    Shear stress distributionon channel boundary
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    Shear stress distributionon channel boundary
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    Shear stress distributionon channel boundary
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    Incipient motion condition •At low discharge, with low depth of flow and small shear stress, sediment will be at rest • With increase in discharge, bed particles just start to move, this condition is critical condition/Incipient motion condition • In this condition 1. Shear stress=critical shear stress 2. Bed particle diameter=critical particle diameter
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    Introduction to tractiveforce approach • Average shear stress on channel bed at which sediment particle just begin to move is critical tractive stress/critical shear stress • Approach assumes “Sediment particle resting on bed is in equilibrium due to balance in between 1. Drag and lift forces exerted by flowing fluid 2. Submerged weight of particle” • More rational and widely accepted
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    Introduction to Shieldsdiagram • According to Shield, the tractive force exerted by the flowing water on the sediment to cause motion is equal to boundary shear, τ0 • Tractive force/resistance to motion of single sediment grain= Dimensionless ratio=entrainment function or non dimensional shear stress Significant parameter in bed load movement d- grain diameter Ƴs and Ƴw-specific wt.of sediment and water
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    Introduction to Shieldsdiagram • Shear Reynold’s number( Rn),
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    Formation of riverbeds based on shear stress • τo > τc ,bed particles start to move in direction of flow • τo= avg. shear stress on bed of alluvial channel • τc = critical value • Different features form on bed under different conditions of sediment size, fluid and flow condition. • Characteristics of different bed forms =regime of flow • When τo< τc ,no sediment motion, bed remains plane, rigid boundary channel
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    Types of bedforms Ripples: • τo > τc , sediment particles start to move and small unsymmetrical triangular undulations appear on bed known as ripples. • Length of undulation<0.4m • Height of undulation<40mm • Sediment size<0.6mm • Sediment move by sliding and rolling • Smooth water surface • Formed when Fr<1(subcritical condition)
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    Types of bedforms  Dunes: • With increase in discharge, ripples grow in size with flat upstream and steep downstream • Water surface not smooth • Some particle may remain in suspension • Length of undulation>0.3m to …m • Height of undulation>30mm to … cm • Sediment erosion in u/s • d/s movement speed <<mean stream velocity • Formed when Fr<1(subcritical condition)
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    Types of bedforms Transition: • With further increase in discharge, dunes get washed leaving small undulation • Small discharge increment may cause formation of sinusoidal waves (standing waves)on bed and water surface  These two type of bed form are designated as transition • Formed when Fr is relatively high • Unstable bed form • Offers low resistance to flow
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    Types of bedforms Antidunes: • With further increase in discharge, sediment transport intensity increases. • Symmetrical bed and water surface waves appear • Sediment move d/s, crest of bed wave move upstream These undulations are Antidunes • Waves grow steeper and break • Occurs in supercritical flow • High sediment transport rate • low resistance to flow