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Experimental Investigations of Sandy Riverbed Morphology

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Contemporary advances in experimental methods and technologies are facilitating new and valuable insight into research questions of long standing. Following a review of the history of investigations regarding sandy riverbed morphology, this chapter presents a series of recent investigations into outstanding gaps in understanding of fluvial bedforms. Equipment advances are highlighted in terms of use of a viscous-fluid flume, a water tunnel, an induction power transfer (IPT) carriage, a custom-built particle image velocimetry (PIV) system, a 3D laser scanner, and a flying-probe measurement system. Advances in understanding of fluvial bedforms arising from these investigations are also presented.

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I am very grateful to the organising committee of the 30th International School of Hydraulics for their invitation to present this chapter as a lecture. I also acknowledge the support of this committee and the University of Auckland Cross-faculty Research Initiatives Fund to enable my attendance at the school. I wish to thank the colleagues and students who have shared the ideas and adventures leading to the studies described herein, including Bruce Melville, Burkhard Eling, Graeme Twose, Marcelo Garcia, Juan Fedele, Wylie Wong, Rodrigo Musalem, Kirsty Coleman, Vladimir Nikora, Derek Goring, Dougal Clunie, Heide Friedrich, Ted Schlicke, Stuart Cameron, Andries Paarlberg, Joost Lansink, Mark Trevethan, John Cater, Azin Kusari, John Boys, and Grant Covic. In particular, experimental studies are indebted to the technicians who can turn ideas and fancy into reality. In this regard, the present studies have particularly benefitted from the technical skills of Jim Bickner, Ray Hoffman, Gary Carr, Mark Twiname, Jim Luo, and Geoff “Mythbuster” Kirby. The writer’s research discussed in this paper was partly funded by the Marsden Fund (Grant UOA220) administered by the Royal Society of New Zealand.

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Coleman, S. (2011). Experimental Investigations of Sandy Riverbed Morphology. In: Rowinski, P. (eds) Experimental Methods in Hydraulic Research. Geoplanet: Earth and Planetary Sciences, vol 1. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-17475-9_1

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