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Theoretical Morphodynamics : River Meandering.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Seminara, Giovanni, author.
- Series:
- Studies in Sciences and Technology Series
- Studies in Sciences and Technology Series ; v.2
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Geomorphology.
- Civil engineering.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (0 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Florence : Firenze University Press, 2024.
- Summary:
- This monograph discusses the mechanics of Meandering Rivers with the help of the mathematical and modeling tools built up in the previous monograph of the same Authors (monograph 1 of the present series). After introducing the reader to the ubiquitous character of meandering streams, we discuss the hydrodynamics of curved channels with fixed beds and banks. Next, we extend the analysis to account for the mobile character of the bed and show that it gives rise to the alternate sequence of riffles and pools that characterize river meanders. Allowing for the erodible character of the river banks then allows to build up a rational theory of meander formation able to explain most of the features observed in nature: meander growth, migration, skewing, multiple loops, cutoffs and meander belts.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- OCLC:
- 1482268363
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