State of the art, shortcomings and future challenges for a sustainable sediment management in hydropower: A review

C Hauer, B Wagner, J Aigner, P Holzapfel… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
It is predicted that 60% of all new energy investments over the next 20 years will be in
renewables. The estimation for new hydropower production is 25% of all new renewables …

Curvilinear immersed boundary method for simulating coupled flow and bed morphodynamic interactions due to sediment transport phenomena

A Khosronejad, S Kang, I Borazjani… - Advances in water …, 2011 - Elsevier
The fluid–structure interaction curvilinear immersed boundary (FSI-CURVIB) numerical
method of Borazjani et al.[3] is extended to simulate coupled flow and sediment transport …

Numerical simulation of sand waves in a turbulent open channel flow

A Khosronejad, F Sotiropoulos - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2014 - cambridge.org
We develop a coupled hydro-morphodynamic numerical model for carrying out large-eddy
simulation of stratified, turbulent flow over a mobile sand bed. The method is based on the …

3D numerical modeling of flow and sediment transport in laboratory channel bends

A Khosronejad, CD Rennie… - Journal of hydraulic …, 2007 - ascelibrary.org
The development of a fully three-dimensional finite volume morphodynamic model, for
simulating fluid and sediment transport in curved open channels with rigid walls, is …

Downstream erosion and deposition dynamics of fine suspended sediments due to dam flushing

G Antoine, B Camenen, M Jodeau, J Némery… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Fine sediment dynamics downstream dams is a key issue when dealing with environmental
impact of hydraulic flushing. This paper presents an analysis of six field campaigns carried …

On the genesis and evolution of barchan dunes: Morphodynamics

A Khosronejad, F Sotiropoulos - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2017 - cambridge.org
Barchan dunes are crescent-shaped formations of sand that can dominate both desert and
subaqueous landscapes when the supply of sand is scarce. Because of the complexity and …

[HTML][HTML] Three-dimensional numerical study of free-flow sediment flushing to increase the flushing efficiency: A case-study reservoir in Japan

T Esmaeili, T Sumi, SA Kantoush, Y Kubota, S Haun… - Water, 2017 - mdpi.com
The catchment of the Dashidaira reservoir located on the Kurobe River has high sediment
yield. Because of the sufficient available amount of water in the catchment during flood …

[HTML][HTML] Sand waves in environmental flows: Insights gained by coupling large-eddy simulation with morphodynamics

F Sotiropoulos, A Khosronejad - Physics of Fluids, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
Sand waves arise in subaqueous and Aeolian environments as the result of the complex
interaction between turbulent flows and mobile sand beds. They occur across a wide range …

Experimental investigation on reservoir sediment flushing through a bottom tunnel with an initially covered intake

H Xu, Z Cao, Q Wang - Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 2023 - ascelibrary.org
Reservoir sedimentation is of worldwide concern, involving not only reservoir benefits, but
environmental and ecological issues. Sediment flushing is one of the most common and …

Spatio‐temporal variability of suspended sediments in rivers and ecological implications of reservoir flushing operations

M Tritthart, M Haimann, H Habersack… - River Research and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
High suspended sediment concentrations during reservoir flushing are known to be harmful
to biota in downstream river stretches. Therefore, it is common practice to set legal …