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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Reduction of scour around circular piers using collars

Pandey, M., Pu, Jaan H., Pourshahbaz, H., Khan, M.A. 08 May 2022 (has links)
Yes / River dynamics and sediment transport play an important role in river bed morphology. Building a bridge pier along the river alters the cross-section of the river and causes the change in flow processes. These changes are mainly responsible for pier scour. In this paper, the usage of collars to reduce scour around circular piers has been investigated. The collars with different diameters and depth positions have been studied using previous data and additional data collected in the present study to assess their effectiveness in reducing scour. Using a wide range of measured data, an empirical equation to compute the maximum scour depth around the circular piers in the presence of collars has been proposed. The proposed equation has been validated and proven to be applicable to a wide range of pier layouts. It has been found that the maximum efficiency can be achieved by fixing the collar at bed level and adopting a collar diameter 1.5–2.5 times of pier diameter.
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Mean-field reflection of omni-directional acoustic wave from rough seabed with non-uniform sediment layers

Wu, Yung-Hong 23 June 2004 (has links)
Omni-directional acoustic wave source interactions with a rough seabed with a continuously varying density and sound speed in a fluid-like sediment layer. The acoustic properties in the sediment layer possess an exponential type of variation in density and one of the three classes of sound speed profiles, which are constant,~$k^2$-linear, or inverse-square variations. Analytical solution of mean field. The mean field reflection coefficients corresponding to the aforementioned density and sound speed profiles for various frequencies, roughness parameters, are numberically generated and analyzed. Physical interpretations are provided for various results. This simple model characterizes two important features of sea floor, including seabed roughness, sediment inhomogenieties, therefore, provide a canonical analysis in seabed acoustics.
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Experimental and numerical investigation of flushing in combined sewer networks : case study of a Parisian trunk sewer / Expérimentations et modélisations de la chasse hydraulique dans les réseaux d’assainissement unitaires : cas d’étude d’un collecteur parisien

Shahsavari, Gashin 10 December 2018 (has links)
Résumé L’accumulation de sédiments sur le fond des égouts à faible pente est une contrainte au bon fonctionnement hydraulique et à la gestion des réseaux d’assainissement unitaire. Le recours à la chasse hydraulique est alors une pratique envisagée par les gestionnaires de réseau pour le nettoyage des canaux souterrains. Les processus de transport sédimentaire dans les réseaux d’assainissement unitaire est rendu complexe en raison du jeu de nombreux phénomènes tels que la variabilité de l’étendue granulométrique des sédiments et la cohésion. La thèse présente les résultats expérimentaux et numériques obtenus avant et après une chasse hydraulique réalisée dans le réseau unitaire parisien. Une campagne de mesures a permis d’acquérir des données hydro-sédimentaires à haute résolution, permettant de caractériser et quantifier les processus d’érosion, de transport et de sédimentation agissant sous l’effet de la chasse hydraulique, du reste performante dans le nettoyage du réseau étudié. Deux modèles de transport sédimentaire comportant un modèle simple en condition de transport uniforme, et un modèle plus complexe impliquant le transport non-uniforme ont été développés afin de mettre en place un outil prédictif des mouvements des particules solides pendant le phénomène de chasse. Les deux modèles ont été capables d’évaluer à différents niveaux de précision l’efficacité de la chasse hydraulique en termes de transport sédimentaire. La comparaison des résultats issus des deux modèles permet de déterminer les avantages et les contraintes de chacun, révélant ainsi l’importance de prendre en compte l’hétérogénéité texturale des dépôts dans l’analyse de l’érosion, du transport et de la sédimentation des particules solides sous l’effet des chasses hydrauliques. De plus, une analyse de sensibilité de la gamme d’application de certains paramètres d’entrée du modèle de transport non-uniforme des sédiments a été réalisée. Les résultats ont confirmé le bon fonctionnement du modèle. / Sediment accumulation on the invert of sewer channels has been recognized as one of the important sources of problems for the management of sewer networks.In the two most recent decades, flushing has been put forward as one of the most common methods of sewer cleaning, to limit sediment accumulation especially in large trunk sewers.Sewer sediment transport processes are not fully understood yet, due to numerous unknown variables and difficult measuring conditions. The current research aimed firstly to setup a field experimental campaign to obtain high-quality data. This data allowed understanding of the processes associated with flushing operation in sewers. In addition, this study aimed to model the flushing processes properly in order to set-up an adequate and practical numerical tool able to predict sediment removal of flushing in the sewer network of Paris. To this purpose, two models were used: (i) a simple model for uniform sediment transport, which is the most common used approach; and (ii) a more complex model for non-uniform sediment transport of mixtures. A comparative analysis was carried out to highlight advantages and drawbacks of either. Overall, the results pointed out that the numerical modelling is able to reproduce faithfully hydrodynamics and sediment transport during flushing operations. In fact, both models enabled evaluation of flush behaviour and associated sediment transport. However, despite its higher complexity and computational burden, the latter model provides better insight into the prediction of the removal effectiveness of flushes

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