Continuous Monitoring of Bed-Load Transport in a Laboratory Flume Using an Impact Sensor

Dhont, Blaise Etienne Marceau; Rousseau, Gauthier; Ancey, Christophe

doi:10.1061/(asce)hy.1943-7900.0001290

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“…The bedload transport rate was measured using six accelerometers (Dhont et al, ). Instantaneous transport rates were averaged over a time step Δ t = 1 min.…”

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Are Bedload Transport Pulses in Gravel Bed Rivers Created by Bar Migration or Sediment Waves?

Dhont

Ancey

2018

Geophysical Research Letters

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Bedload transport exhibits considerable spatial and temporal variability, as reflected by large fluctuations of transport rates. Among the various mechanisms proposed for explaining this variability, bedform migration is often cited as the main cause. We took a closer look at this issue by running long‐duration experiments in a gravel bed flume using constant water discharge and sediment feed rates. We monitored bed evolution and measured bedload transport rates at the flume outlet using high‐resolution techniques. The bed was initially flat, but within a few hours bedforms consisting of alternate bars and pools had developed. The bars exhibited a stick‐slip motion: they were stable for long periods but moved episodically (every 10 hr on average). Their downstream migration produced 36% of the sediment volume transported, mostly in the form of intense pulses. Much of the transport was caused by the displacement of sediment waves from pool to pool.

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“…The bedload transport rate was measured using six accelerometers (Dhont et al, ). Instantaneous transport rates were averaged over a time step Δ t = 1 min.…”

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Are Bedload Transport Pulses in Gravel Bed Rivers Created by Bar Migration or Sediment Waves?

Dhont

Ancey

2018

Geophysical Research Letters

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“…The average transport rates over one minute were finally recovered using calibration curves (relating the mass transported to the number of impulsions in the signal). Further details about the calibration can be found in [14].…”

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Bar dynamics and sediment transport pulses in gravel-bed channels

2018

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Mountain rivers exhibit sediment transport rate fluctuations that often cover more than two orders of magnitude. Bedform migration is often cited as the key process that causes giant fluctuations in the sediment transport rate. To quantify the effect of bedform migration on transport rate, we ran laboratory experiments in a 19-m long 60-cm wide flume with well-sorted gravel bed. At the flume inlet, the water discharge and the particle flux were kept constant. Experiments were conducted over long times (typically > 500 h). Sediment transport rate was monitored at the flume outlet using accelerometers. Bed topography was scanned at high spatial resolution using a laser sheet. Water depth was measured using ultrasonic probes mounted on an automated rolling carriage. We observed that, under steady state experimental conditions, bed morphology played a key part in the generation of bedload transport fluctuations. The bars migrated downstream intermittently, producing the most important pulses. When the bar position was stable for a few hours, additional pulses resulted from sediment transfer from pool to pool, in the form of sediment waves (bedload sheets). Thus, in our experiments, alternate bars formed a two-entity system (bar + pool) with two distinctive functions: the bars contributed to fix and stabilize the bed whereas the pools were the preferential zones of short-term storage and transfer of sediment.

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“…6(c)). Compared to the peak detection algorithms based on time interval [24] or threshold [25], the energy-based peak detection algorithm is more effective in terms of detection success rate.…”

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Online Measurement of the Size Distribution of Pneumatically Conveyed Particles Through Acoustic Emission Detection and Triboelectric Sensing

Zheng

Yan

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IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas.

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Continuous Monitoring of Bed-Load Transport in a Laboratory Flume Using an Impact Sensor

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Are Bedload Transport Pulses in Gravel Bed Rivers Created by Bar Migration or Sediment Waves?

Are Bedload Transport Pulses in Gravel Bed Rivers Created by Bar Migration or Sediment Waves?

Bar dynamics and sediment transport pulses in gravel-bed channels

Online Measurement of the Size Distribution of Pneumatically Conveyed Particles Through Acoustic Emission Detection and Triboelectric Sensing

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