Analysis of sediment load under combined effect of rainfall and flow

An increase in sediment load resulting from extreme weather event can affect the capacity of existing water infrastructure, for example, decreasing reservoir capacities, creating obstacles and reducing the navigation depth, or eroding bridge piers by scouring actions. A number of studies have been c...

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Published in:IOP conference series. Earth and environmental science 2020-04, Vol.476 (1), p.12111
Main Authors: Shams, S, Ratnayake, U, Abdul Rahman, E K, Alimin, A A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bridge piers
Extreme values
Extreme weather
Flow
Hydrology
Obstacle avoidance
Piers
Rainfall
Sediment load
Sediment yield
Sediments
Silica
Silicon dioxide
Water supply systems
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Summary:An increase in sediment load resulting from extreme weather event can affect the capacity of existing water infrastructure, for example, decreasing reservoir capacities, creating obstacles and reducing the navigation depth, or eroding bridge piers by scouring actions. A number of studies have been carried out on factors affecting sediment yield and transport but only a few studies being done on the combination of both rainfall and flow on the sediment load. Therefore, the aim of this study is to identify the impact on sediment load comprising of well-graded silica sand due to combined effect of flow and rainfall. This research has two objectives; firstly, to study the relationship between flow, rainfall, and sediment load and secondly to devise an experiment to investigate how combination of flow and rainfall could affect sediment load with the help of Advanced Environmental Hydrology System. Thirty-six sets of experiments were conducted on a 2 m long, 0.2 m wide and 0.15 m deep channel, moulded in the Armfield S12 MKII on a 1% constant slope with six different readings of rainfall ranging from 6 to 72 mm/hr and by varying the flow ranging from 0.5 to 3.0 L/min to observe the different trends and changes to sediment load when rainfall and flow varies. This experimental study demonstrates a combination of both rainfall and flow resulted in a stronger linear correlation with sediment load.
ISSN:1755-1307
1755-1315
DOI:10.1088/1755-1315/476/1/012111