River scale model of a training dam using lightweight granulates

Replacing existing river groynes with longitudinal training dams is considered as a promising flood mitigation measure in the main Dutch rivers, which can also serve to guarantee navigability during low flows and to create conditions favourable for ecological development. Whereas the bed response in the streamwise uniform part of a river trained by a longitudinal dam can be readily predicted, the bed response at the transition zones is unclear. In the present study, we investigate the local morphological effects resulting at the intake section of a longitudinal training dam, where the flow is distributed over the main channel and a side channel in between the dam and the river shore. A sediment recirculating model with a nearly undistorted geometry with respect to the prototype was setup. Lightweight polystyrene granulates were used as a surrogate for sediment, to properly scale the Shields parameter without compromising Froude scaling, and reach dynamical similarity. A laser scanner allowed collecting high-resolution bed elevation data. Results obtained under typical low flow and high flow conditions show a general deepening of the bed in the area adjacent to the training dam, in response to narrowing of the main channel. Scour at an upstream river groyne embedded in the model showed a scour hole which was deeper than realistic. Throughout the entire domain, bedforms developed featuring geometrical properties that reproduced the prototype conditions appropriately. Based on a comparison with characteristics from the River Waal, regarded as the prototype without a longitudinal dam, lightweight sediments were considered to be a proper choice for this study, in which bedload is the main sediment transport mode. The main conclusion regards the absence of significant morphodynamic developments at the intake section, both during the high flow experiment and during the low flow experiment, which can be attributed to the alignment of the dam with the local streamlines.     

Adaptive robust control of uncertain time delay systems

The problem of adaptive robust control for uncertain linear systems with multiple delays occurring in the state variables is studied in this paper. The essential requirement for the uncertainties is that they satisfy matching conditions and are norm-bounded, but the bounds of the uncertainties are not necessarily known. An adaptive controller is developed based on linear matrix inequality technique and it is shown that the controller can guarantee the state variables of the closed loop system to converge, globally, uniformly and exponentially, to a ball in the state space with any pre-specified convergence rate. The effectiveness of our approach has been verified by its application in the control of river pollution process for the purpose of preserving standards of water constituents in streams.     

黄河内蒙古河段冲淤量评估

通过实测断面资料、来沙量资料和同流量水位的变化等,对黄河内蒙古河段的冲淤量分别进行了估算,其结果基本一致。综合分析表明,1986-2004年内蒙古三盛公—头道拐河段年均淤积量为0.616亿t是基本可靠的,而主槽的淤积量占全断面的80%以上。总体看,这一数值可以反映1986年龙羊峡水库运用以来内蒙古河道的淤积情况。     

Case Study: Channel Stability of the Missouri River, Eastern Montana

The construction of Fort Peck Dam in the 1930s on the Missouri River, eastern Montana, initiated a series of changes in hydrologic conditions and channel morphology downstream from the dam that impacted channel stability. Impacts included streambed degradation of up to 3.6 m and substantially altered magnitude, frequency, and temporal distribution of flows. To investigate the effects of the altered flow regime and bed degradation on bank stability, two independent bank-stability analyses (one for planar failures, the other for rotational failures) were performed on 17 outside meanders. Both included the effects of matric suction and positive pore-water pressures, confining pressures, and layering. Instability occurred from the loss of matric suction and the generation of positive pore-water pressures. In this semiarid region, such hydrologic conditions are most likely to occur from the maintenance of moderate and high flows (greater than 425–566 m3/s) for extended periods (5–10 days or more), thereby providing a mechanism for saturation of the streambank. For the postdam period, average annual frequencies of flows maintained above 566 m3/s for 5- and 10-day durations are 149 and 257% greater, respectively. The analyses indicated that 30% of the sites were susceptible to planar failures while 53% of the sites were susceptible to rotational failures under sustained moderate- and high-flow conditions, while under a worst-case rapid drawdown scenario, 80% of the banks were susceptible to failure. Despite the negative effects of the altered flow regime, analysis of maps and aerial photographs shows that closure of Fort Peck Dam has resulted in a fourfold reduction of the average rate of long-term channel migration between the dam and the North Dakota border.     

陶瓷工业污染综合预防

在分析陶瓷工业污染产生原因及现状的基础上，探讨了陶瓷工业污染综合预防的途径及措施。     

丁坝在三屯河河道整治中的成功经验

三屯河渠首以下3km范围内的河道，东西两岸毗邻三屯河东西干渠及耕地，河道两岸多年遭受洪水的严重侵蚀破坏，直接危及到了下游东、西引水干渠的安全。2000年，对该段河道采用丁坝型式进行了总体整治设计，当年秋季竣工。经过近3a的运行，整治效果较明显，彻底根治了水患，确保了东、西引水干渠的安全，取得了巨大的防洪效益。     

珠江口盆地烃源岩有机显微组分特征与生烃潜力分析

采用有机岩石学综合光学法研究了珠江口盆地古近系烃源岩的有机显微组分和亚显微组分特征,对典型烃源岩做了干酪根元素分析、岩石热解分析和高温高压泥岩热模拟实验,探讨了其生烃潜力和生烃属性。壳质组及富氢的壳镜组A含量较高,决定了中深湖相有机质的类型为Ⅰ—Ⅱ₁型,具倾油性;低含氢的壳镜组B和镜质组含量较高,决定了滨浅湖相和沼泽相有机质的类型主要为Ⅲ—Ⅱ₂型(Ⅱ₁型为辅),具倾凝析油、气性;腐泥组和惰质组含量低。2类烃源岩在不同演化阶段生烃属性均存在差异。这对进一步研究该盆地古近系不同凹(洼)陷有机相及勘探潜力和方向具有重要意义。      

The effects on fish spawning and management implications of impoundment water releases in an intermittent South African river

The potamodromous smallscale redfin minnow (Pseudobarbus asper) spawned in the riffle areas of the regulated Groot River, the major tributary of the Gamtoos River system, during controlled releases of water from Beervlei Dam. Water had been released at irregular intervals from this flood control dam solely for irrigating agricultural lands. Flushing flows removed accumulated salts from riverine pools and were followed by reduced flows which initiated spawning of the minnow species. Developing embryos of P. asper were found in the riffle zone of the main river channel during the water releases. Ripe-running males were located under the boulders in the riffles. Several developing embryos of Labeo umbratus were found with the P. asper eggs. Very little is known about the effects of man-made alterations to the river flow regime on the reproductive activity of fishes in the majority of South African river systems. The agriculturally based flooding regime at Beervlei may have increased the recruitment of the redfin minnow species. Water management must give cognizance to the biological and environmental requirements within the regulated river systems. Water release strategies from Beervlei Dam should include instream flow decisions based on the requirements of the aquatic environment as well as for agriculture.     

钱塘江北岸老海塘塘脚防冲工程技术

介绍钱塘江北岸明清老海塘概况和工程自然条件 .提出运用板桩防冲墙技术解决塘脚防冲技术难题 ,并研制出可以遥控操作的多功能打桩机 .该技术在海宁明清海塘塘脚防冲工程中应用9 9km ,节省投资 5 2 0 0万元 ,并已在类似工程中推广应用 .     

Comparison of macrobenthos in braided and channelized sectors of the Drôme River,France

The influence of braided pattern on macrobenthic communities was studied in the Lower Drǒme River (France). The qualitative differences between embanked and braided sections are weak. The sessile species (for example Psychomyia pusilla) are more frequent in the embanked section whereas the drifting species (for example Baetis fuscatus) are more frequent in the braided section. The density of macroinvertebrates in the latter, especially in the secondary channels, is higher than in the embanked section, but the diversity remains low because the location of the channels changes at each extreme flood.