This monograph presents the mechanistic foundations of the theory of Morphodynamics, a discipline that investigates the shape of the erodible boundary of natural water bodies. We focus on the fluvial Morphodynamics of straight erodible channels, providing the basis for subsequent extensions to meandering rivers (treated in the companion monograph 2 of this series) and braided rivers. We present basic notions on the Mechanics of Turbulent Flows and Sediment Transport in straight open channels with mobile beds. We then investigate their morphodynamic equilibrium and its instability, that leads to the formation of a variety of bedforms observed in natural rivers. In particular, fluvial bars will deserve special attention as the fundamental building block of large scale fluvial patterns.
University of Genoa, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0002-0360-2029
Universiyty of Padoa, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0002-6621-2386
University of Genoa, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0002-2952-7290
Titolo del libro
Theoretical Morphodynamics: Straight Channels
Autori
Giovanni Seminara, Stefano Lanzoni, Nicoletta Tambroni
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Numero di pagine
378
Anno di pubblicazione
2023
Copyright
© 2023 Author(s)
Licenza d'uso
Licenza dei metadati
Editore
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0213-8
ISBN Print
979-12-215-0212-1
eISBN (pdf)
979-12-215-0213-8
eISBN (xml)
979-12-215-0214-5
Collana
Studies in Sciences and Technology