Methods for predicting dispersion coefficients in rivers

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Water Management

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 131-141

  Wallis, Steve G ^a   Manson, J Russell ^b  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hydraulics and hydrodynamics; Mathematical modelling; River engineering

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER TREATMENT;

DISPERSION COEFFICIENTS; RIVER POLLUTANTS;

RIVERS;

DISPERSION; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RIVER ENGINEERING;

EID: 6344221879     PISSN: 17417589     EISSN: 17517729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/wama.2004.157.3.131     Document Type: Article

References (44)

1. Taylor G. I. The dispersion of matter in turbulent flow through a pipe. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, 1954, A223, 446-468.
2. Fischer H. B. The mechanics of dispersion in natural streams. Journal of the Hydraulics Division, American Society of Civil Engineers, 1967, 93, HY6, 187-215.
3. Jobson H. E. Predicting traveltime and dispersion in rivers and streams. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, 1997, 123, No. 17, 971-978.
4. Kilpatrick F. A. and Taylor K. R. Generalizations and applications of tracer dispersion data. Water Resources Bulletin, 1986, 22, No. 4, 537-548.
5. Beltaos S. Dispersion in tumbling flow. Journal of the Hydraulics Division, American Society of Civil Engineers, 1982, 108, HY4, 591-612.
6. Wallis S. G., Young P. C. and Beven K. J. Experimental investigation of the aggregated dead zone model for longitudinal solute transport in stream channels. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, 1989, 87, Part 2, 1-22.
7. Rutherford J. C. River Mixing, Wiley, Chichester, 1994.
8. Taylor G. I. Dispersion of soluble matter in solvent flowing slowly through a tube. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, 1953, A219, 186-203.
9. Fischer H. B., List E. J., Koh R. C. Y., Imberger J. and Brooks N. H. Mixing in Inland and Coastal Waters. Academic Press, New York, 1979.
10. Thackston E. L. and Schnelle K. B. Predicting effects of dead zones on stream mixing. Journal of the Sanitary Engineering Division, American Society of Civil Engineers, 1970, 96, SA2, 319-331.
11. Nordin C. F. and Troutman B. M. Longitudinal dispersion in rivers: the persistence of skewness in observed data. Water Resources Research, 1980, 16, No. 1, 123-128.
12. Bencala K. E. and Walters R. A. Simulation of solute transport in a mountain pool-riffle stream: a transient storage model. Water Resources Research, 1983, 19, No. 3, 718-724.
13. Runkel R. L. and Chapra S. C. An efficient numerical solution of the transient storage equations for solute transport in small streams. Water Resources Research, 1993, 29, No. 3, 211-215.
14. Schmid H. B. On the transient storage equations for longitudinal solute transport in open channels: temporal moments accounting for the effect of first-order decay. Journal of Hydraulic Research, 5995, 33, No. 5, 595-610.
15. Czernuszenko W., Rowinski P. M. and Sukhodolov A. Experimental and numerical validation for longitudinal dispersion in rivers. Journal of Hydraulic Research, 1998, 36, No. 2, 269-280.
16. Worman A. Comparison of models for transient storage of solutes in small streams. Water Resources Research, 2000, 26, No. 2, 455-468.
17. Manson J. R., Wallis S. G. and Hope D. A conservative semi-Lagrangian transport model for rivers with transient storage zones. Water Resources Research, 2001, 37, No. 12, 3321-3329.
18. Schmid H. B. Persistence of skewness in longitudinal data: can the dead zone model explain it all? Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, 2002, 128, No. 9, 848-854.
19. French R. H. Open-channel Hydraulics. McGraw-Hill, New York, 1986.
20. Smith R. VV. Longitudinal dispersion of a buoyant contaminant in a shallow channel, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 1976, 78, part 4, 677-688.
21. Fischer H. B. Discussion of 'Simple method for predicting dispersion in streams' by McQuifer R. S. and Keefer T. N. Journal of Environmental Engineering Division, American Society of Civil Engineers, 1975, 101, EE3, 453-455.
22. Taylor G. I. Diffusion by continuous movements. Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society, 1921, Series 2, 20, 196-212.
23. Fischer H. B. Dispersion predictions in natural streams. Journal of the Sanitary Engineering Division, American Society of Civil Engineers, 1968, 94, SA5, 927-944.
24. Seo I. W. and Cheong T. S. Predicting longitudinal dispersion coefficient in natural streams. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, 1998, 124, No. 1, 25-32.
25. Jain S. C. Longitudinal dispersion coefficients for streams. Journal of the Environmental Engineering Division, American Society of Civil Engineers, 1976, 102, EE2, 465-474.
26. Deng Z.-Q., Singh V. P. and Bengtsson L. Longitudinal dispersion coefficient in straight rivers. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, 2001, 127, No. 11,919-927.
27. Seo L W. and Baek K. O. Estimation of longitudinal dispersion coefficient for streams. Proceedings of River Flow 2002, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, 2002, 143-150.
28. Deng Z.-Q., Bengtsson L., Singh V. P. and Adrian D. D. Longitudinal dispersion coefficient in single-channel streams. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, 2002, 128, No. 10, 901-916.
29. Fischer H. B. Longitudinal Dispersion in Laboratory and Natural Streams. California Institute of Technology, 1966, Technical Report KH-R- 12.
30. Liu H. Predicting dispersion coefficient of streams. Journal of the Environmental Engineering Division, American Society of Civil Engineers, 1977, 103, EE1, 59-69.
31. Iwasa Y. and Aya S. Predicting longitudinal dispersion coefficient in open-channel flows. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Environmental Hydraulics, Hong Kong, 1991, 505-510.
32. Koossis A. D. and Rodriguez-Mirasol J. Hydraulic estimation of dispersion coefficient for streams, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, 1998, 124, No. 3, 317-320.
33. Kashefipour S. M. and Falconer R. A. Longitudinal dispersion coefficients in natural channels. Water Research, 2002, 36, No. 6, 1596-1608.
34. Guymer I. Longitudinal dispersion in sinuous channel with changes in shape. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, 1998, 124, No. 1, 33-40.
35. McQuiver R. S. and Keffer T. N. Simple method for predicting dispersion in streams. Journal of the Environmental Engineering Division, American Society of Civil Engineers, 1974, 100, EE4, 997-110.
36. Hober P. J. Robust Statistics. Wiley, New York, 1981.
37. Smeithlov B. B. Effect of channel sinuosity on river turbulent diffusion. Yangtze River, 1990, 21, No. 11, 62 (in Chinese).
38. Kashefipour S. M., Falconer R. A. and Lin B. Modelling longitudinal dispersion in natural flows using ANNs. Proceedings of River Flow 2002, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, 2002, 111-116.
39. Boxall J. B. and Guymer I. Estimating transverse mixing coefficients. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Water and Maritime Engineering, 2001, 148, No. 4, 263-275.
40. Boxall J. B. and Guymer I. Analysis and prediction of transverse mixing coefficients in natural channels, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers,2003, 129, No. 2, 129-139.
41. Yotsokura N., Fischer H. B. and Sayre W. W. Measurement of mixing characteristics of the Missouri River between Sioux City, Iowa and Plattsmouth, Nebraska. US Geological Survey, Water Supply Paper, No 1899-G. 1970, USGS, Virginia.
42. Godfrey R. G. and Frederick B. J. Dispersion in natural streams. US Geological Survey, Professional Paper No. 433-K, 1970, USGS, Virginia.
43. Anon. Reference Manual for MIKE 11. Danish Hydraulics Institute, Denmark, 1992.
44. Anon. ISIS Quality User Manual. Halcrow/HR Wallingford, UK, 1998.