Modeling unsteady flow characteristics of hydropeaking operations and their implications on fish habitat

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Volumn 136, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Shen, Yi ^a   Diplas, Panayiotis ^b  

^a TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^b Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Numerical modeling; River mechanics; Stream restoration; Unsteady flow

Indexed keywords

BROWN TROUTS; DYNAMIC MODELING APPROACH; ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; FIELD MEASUREMENT; FISH HABITAT; FLOOD MITIGATION; FLOW CHARACTERISTIC; FLOW PARAMETERS; FLOW PHENOMENA; INSTREAM FLOWS; NUMERICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; QUASI-STEADY; REGULATED RIVER; RIVER MECHANICS; STREAM RESTORATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL HYDRODYNAMIC MODELS; TIME-DEPENDENT; VIRGINIA; WATER SURFACE ELEVATIONS; FISH MANAGEMENT; FISHES HABITATS; RESERVOIR RELEASE; STREAM; UNSTEADY FLOW CHARACTERISTICS; UNSTEADY FLOW PHENOMENON;

AERODYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; EROSION; HYDRAULICS; MECHANICS; NUMERICAL METHODS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RESTORATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL; UNSTEADY FLOW; FISH; NUMERICAL MODELS; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; STREAM FLOW;

RIVERS;

FLOOD; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT; JUVENILE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESERVOIR; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIVER BED; UNSTEADY FLOW;

CALIFORNIA; SMITH RIVER; UNITED STATES;

SALMO TRUTTA;

EID: 78349275262     PISSN: 07339429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-7900.0000112     Document Type: Article

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