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T-shaped Open-Channel Confluences: Delineation of Flow Features and Effects of Width-Discordance in Main Channel
Code
01CD7723
Duration
01 September 2023 → 31 March 2024
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Fellow
Research disciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Coastal geography
  • Engineering and technology
    • Coastal and estuarine hydraulics
Keywords
River engineering hydraulic structures backwater-effects separation zone
 
Project description
 Open-channel confluences are important for natural rivers, artificial canals and hydraulic structures. The flow characteristics, determining the mixing of substances and bed changes, are often studied with a T-shaped planform, but without changes in width of the main channel. This study contributes to the delineation of the flow separation zone and the quantification of backwater-effects, in presence of width-discordance.