FLUVIAL PROCESSES

Features •Providing a comprehensive review of key topics in river morphodynamics •Presenting a unified treatment of the subject, supported by the most recent findings on related fields, such as, for example, large-scale turbulence •Each chapter is supplemented by a set of related problems •Special attention is paid to the translation of research findings into equations and methods for application in river engineering practice Summary A stream flowing in alluvium deforms its bed surface, forming ripples, dunes, bars, etc., and, in many instances, it deforms its channel entirely, thereby creating meandering or braiding patterns. It could be said that, in general, an alluvial stream and its deformable boundary undergo a variety of fluvial processes leading to the emergence of a multitude of alluvial forms. This book concerns the physics and analytical treatment of various fluvial processes and the associated alluvial bed and plan forms listed above.