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Bed-Load Transport in River Training Simulator
(HI102)

1-Experimental section 2-Inlet element with sand trap 3-Inlet hose 4-Sensor for flowrate 5-Control panel 6-Water pump 7-Lifting arm

8-Weir plate (Rectangular type) 9-Islands (Rounded & squared) 10-Set of bridge piers 11- mounting arm 12-Energy dissipation element (Baffle block with four rectangular blocks) 13-Broad-crested weirs with different angles

  • Demonstration of bed-load transport in open channels
  • Understanding how flow velocity affects bed-load transport
  • Demonstration of ripple formation on the river bed
  • observing the formation of meanders
  • Demonstration of fluvial obstacle marks on structures
    • bridge pier with rectangular profile
    • rounded-nosed bridge pier
    • pointed-nosed bridge pier
    • island (round or rectangular)
  • Fixed, smooth bed flow
  • Flow over a mobile sand bed
  • Mechanics of sediment transport
  • Depositionary features and facies
  • Local scour
  • Flow structures
  • Bedform hysteresis
  • Flow over a fixed, gravel bed
  • Power consumption: 2,2kW
  • Pump max. head: 11,5m
  • Pump max. flow rate: 74m3/h
  • Storage tank, content: approx. 1000L
  • Flow meter measuring range: 80 m3/h
  • Bed-Load Transport in River Training Simulator (HI102)
  • Filter element for sediment trap
  • Three bridge piers
  • Two islands
  • Hard copy user manual

The Bed-Load transport in river training simulator (HI102) is designed to demonstrate the important phenomena of bed-load transport in the area near the bottom at subcritical discharge. The unit allows the observation of the formation of meanders and fluvial obstacle marks on structures.

  • The unit is designed for the study of open-channel bed-load transport.
  • The educational unit consists mainly of the stainless-steel experimental section, inlet element, outlet element, closed water circuit, 1 set of models.
  • The closed water circuit include water tank, pump, and flow meter, the tank after the water drain contains a sediment trap with a filter element for sand.
  • The flow meter is used to determine the discharge.
  • The large dimensions of the experimental section enable the modelling of river courses with and without structure, the experimental section is supplied with grooves for plate weirs to achieve different flow conditions.
  • The sediment is held in the experimental section by plate weirs at the inlet and at the outlet.
  • In addition to bed-load transport in open channels without structures, some models can also be used to observe fluvial obstacle marks, namely scour formation and siltation at structures. 
  • The models supplied with the unit are three bridge piers, two islands, set of deflection plates which are inserted into the experimental section, these models can be configured to make another model.
  • The educational unit is supplied with a movable instrument carrier and a point gauge which allows profile measurement in the sediment along the bottom and the determination of the discharge depth at each point on the experimental section.
  • The main components of the educational unit such as the experimental section, inlet and outlet element are made of stainless steel.
  • The sand grains are 1-2 mm in diameter