Flow resistance of emergent rigid and flexible floodplain vegetation

J Aberle, J Järvelä - Journal of Hydraulic Research, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
This paper summarizes current practices for the estimation of flow resistance caused by
floodplain vegetation in emergent flow conditions. The current state-of-the-art for the …

Comparison of flexible and rigid vegetation induced shear layers in partly vegetated channels

G Caroppi, K Västilä, P Gualtieri… - Water Resources …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Natural riparian vegetation generally presents a complex hydrodynamic behavior governed
by plant morphology and flexibility. By contrast, hydrodynamic processes in partly vegetated …

Flow and sediment transport in vegetated waterways: a review

A Montakhab, B Yusuf, AH Ghazali… - Reviews in Environmental …, 2012 - Springer
One of the most important waterway components is vegetation, which play a pivotal role in
the flow and sediment transport. Vegetation environment and characteristics, including …

Simplification bias: lessons from laboratory and field experiments on flow through aquatic vegetation

RO Tinoco, JE San Juan… - Earth Surface Processes …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We present a critical analysis of experimental findings on vegetation–flow–sediment
interactions obtained through both laboratory and field experiments on tidal and coastal …

Modeling the flow resistance of woody vegetation using physically based properties of the foliage and stem

K Västilä, J Järvelä - Water Resources Research, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Both the foliage and stem essentially influence the flow resistance of woody plants, but their
different biomechanical properties complicate the parameterization of foliated vegetation for …

The effect of flexible vegetation on flow in drainage channels: Estimation of roughness coefficients at the real scale

A Errico, V Pasquino, M Maxwald, GB Chirico… - Ecological …, 2018 - Elsevier
An experimental campaign was implemented along a 300 m stretch of a drainage channel,
with the purpose of estimating the roughness coefficients of vegetated channels at the real …

Analytical solutions of flow velocity profile based on the morphological response of flexible vegetation

WJ Wang, YF Zhao, S Ren, XB Liu, F Dong, JJ Li… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Hydrodynamics affected by vegetation in channel is one of the hot topics in ecological
hydraulics. Flexible vegetation plays an important role in natural flow region, which changes …

When do plants modify fluvial processes? Plant‐hydraulic interactions under variable flow and sediment supply rates

RB Manners, AC Wilcox, L Kui… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Flow and sediment regimes shape alluvial river channels; yet the influence of these abiotic
drivers can be strongly mediated by biotic factors such as the size and density of riparian …

A Green New Balance: Interactions among riparian vegetation plant traits and morphodynamics in alluvial rivers

S Bywater‐Reyes, RM Diehl, AC Wilcox… - Earth surface …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The strength of interactions between plants and river processes is mediated by plant traits
and fluvial conditions, including above‐ground biomass, stem density and flexibility, channel …

Flow and scour constraints on uprooting of pioneer woody seedlings

S Bywater‐Reyes, AC Wilcox, JC Stella… - Water Resources …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Scour and uprooting during flood events is a major disturbance agent that affects plant
mortality rates and subsequent vegetation composition and density, setting the trajectory of …