University of Tennessee
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Keil J. Neff
John Schwartz
Andrew B. Dodson
Michael S. Hamrick
Roy Arthur
Knighton 1988
Historically re-located
Channelized
Lack of pool-riffle sequences
Velocity homogeniety
Urbanization Impacts
Undersized channel
40 square km
270 m length
Channel evolution stage III
Beaver Creek, TN, 2010.
Objectives
Limitations
Design Framework
Work with existing channel
Laterally confined
Undersized channel
Very mild slope
Sediment starved
Monetary budget
Bank stabilization
Substrate placement
Integrate cross-sectional
area into bed design at
riffles
Low flow concept
Beaver Creek, TN, 2010.
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Acceleration/deceleration
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bed slope controlled
Riffle crest
Minor sinuosity
Design Framework
River2D
AutoCAD Civil 3D
Design Channel
Spacing
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off pool-riffles
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sequences
Defining riffles
Substrate
River2D Modeling
Initial Assessment
Trimble Total Station Survey
Dominant breaks in slope
Approximately 2 meter resolution
Evaluate hydraulics
High/Low flow regimes
Placement of in-stream structures
Size substrate
River2D Modeling
R2D Model User Manual (Peter Steffler University of Alberta)
Two dimensional, Depth Averaged, Finite Element Model
Basic mass conservation equation and 2 (horizontal)
components of momentum conservation
Modeling Steps
Create a preliminary bed topography file from survey data
using R2D_Bed program. Define boundary polygon of area
to be modeled.
Define boundary conditions (discharge and downstream
water surface elevation) and define roughness.
Create, triangulate, and smooth mesh. Define breaklines at
toe and top of bank.
bank Add additional nodes at critical
positions.
Run River2D to solve for velocity and depth.
Model outputs: 2 (horizontal) velocity components and a
depth at each node.
Northern Hogsucker
- low flow
Northern Hogsucker
- high flow
Design Features
Removal of trees
Excavation of the banks
Addition of hydraulic structures
Addition of bank protection
Addition of habitat features/substrate material
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Northern Hogsucker
- low flow
High flow
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Northern Hogsucker
- high flow
Existing
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207
Design
101
446
Existing
11
771
Design
196
1023
High Flow
Greenside Darter
Northern Hogsucker
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Construction
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Measurements of Success
Project Partners
Improved habitat
Benthic macroinvertebrate survey
Index of biotic integrity
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