The physics of sediment transport initiation, cessation, and entrainment across aeolian and fluvial environments

T Pähtz, AH Clark, M Valyrakis… - Reviews of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Predicting the morphodynamics of sedimentary landscapes due to fluvial and aeolian flows
requires answering the following questions: Is the flow strong enough to initiate sediment …

Bed sediment entrainment by streamflow: State of the science

S Dey, SZ Ali - Sedimentology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
In fluvial sedimentology, bed sediment entrainment by streamflow has a decisive role in
controlling several fluvial processes. Owing to its huge practical importance, the subject has …

Influence of submerged flexible vegetation on turbulence in an open-channel flow

J Wang, G He, S Dey, H Fang - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2022 - cambridge.org
In this study, we present a three-dimensional numerical model for the interaction of flow with
submerged flexible vegetation, based on a large-eddy simulation and the immersed …

Fluid–structure interaction in a flexible vegetation canopy in an open channel

J Wang, G He, S Dey, H Fang - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2022 - cambridge.org
Submerged flexible vegetation occupies the core of aquatic ecosystem research.
Hydrodynamics of submerged flexible vegetation and its interaction with the flow in an open …

Advances in modeling of bed particle entrainment sheared by turbulent flow

S Dey, SZ Ali - Physics of Fluids, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
Bed particle entrainment by turbulent wall-shear flow is a key topic of interest in
hydrodynamics because it plays a major role to govern the planetary morphodynamics. In …

Fluid–particle interaction in turbulent open channel flow with fully-resolved mobile beds

B Vowinckel, T Kempe, J Fröhlich - Advances in Water Resources, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract The paper presents Direct Numerical Simulations of an open channel flow laden
with spherical particles at a bulk Reynolds number of 2941. The transport of thousands of …

Hydrodynamics of sediment threshold

SZ Ali, S Dey - Physics of Fluids, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
A novel hydrodynamic model for the threshold of cohesionless sediment particle motion
under a steady unidirectional streamflow is presented. The hydrodynamic forces (drag and …

Turbulent flow structures in alluvial channels with curved cross‐sections under conditions of downward seepage

V Deshpande, B Kumar - Earth Surface Processes and …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Experimental investigations have been done to analyze turbulent structures in curved sand
bed channels with and without seepage. Measures of turbulent statistics such as time …

Coupling channel evolution monitoring and RFID tracking in a large, wandering, gravel-bed river: Insights into sediment routing on geomorphic continuity through a …

M Chapuis, S Dufour, M Provansal, B Couvert… - Geomorphology, 2015 - Elsevier
Bedload transport and bedform mobility in large gravel-bed rivers are not easily monitored,
especially during floods. Large reaches present difficulties in bed access during flows for …

A laboratory study of flow characteristics in natural heterogeneous vegetation patches under submerged conditions

V Chembolu, R Kakati, S Dutta - Advances in Water Resources, 2019 - Elsevier
Existing studies on flow through vegetation have focused mainly on understanding the
turbulent structure in vegetated channels of single plant type. However, in natural riverine …