MSc Research(Interim) Presentation INFLUENCE OF GEO-MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES IN WATER DEPTH DURING FLOOD EVENTS: A CASE STUDY IN A LARGE ALLUVIAL

RIVER

Supervisors Prof Dr.. R.K. Price Emeritus Professor of Hydroinformatics, (UNESCO-IHE) Dr. I. Popescu Senior Lecturer in Hydroinformatics (UNESCO-IHE) Dr. B. Bhattacharya Senior Lecturer in Hydroinformatics (UNESCO-IHE)

Participant Md Shamim Shams WSE, HI

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I deeply express my gratitude to the authority of The Netherlands Fellowship Programmes (NFP) which is funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs under the budget for development cooperation Validated for funding my MSc. Program in Content Water Science and Engineering (Specialization in Hydroinformatics) at UNESCO-IHE.

PROBLEMS STATEMENT

The problems associated with this research topic are the followingsIn alluvial river during flood events neglecting changing bed-forms as well as river bed roughness create improper water level prediction in numerical model. Due to the first stated problem produced flood risk maps may not fully supportive for Content a particular area for flood risk assessment.
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Research Questions

How to properly identify the dune evolution during a flood events?

Content How much effect on bed roughness due to dune evolution and how to incorporate this phenomena into built up numerical model? Validated

Research Objective
General Objective The objective of this research work is to develop/upgrade numerical model which includePresence of change of dune geometry and bed roughness condition in large alluvial rivers during flood events.

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What is the consequence to flood risk assessment due to the water level changes due change of dunes geometry from model output.

Secondary Objective

Marking the highest flood level for a particular case study area considering change of water level. This information can be used for construction of flood protection structures in particular case study area in future.
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Literature Works
The main objective is to include literature review is to find out what is previous researchers or sedimentologists work on identifying dune height () and dune length () and associated roughness during flood events.

For dune height () and dune length ()

- Julien-Klasseen expression - Van Rijn expression

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For dune evolution Shimizu and Giri expression (2006) For roughness evolution

-Andries Paarlberg expression (2008)

-Colebrook-White expression (1984)

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Calculation of dune geometry during flood events

Method described by Pierre, Julien and Klaassen, 1996 Average dune height will be calculated by dividing number of dunes n over the total length of reach.

Average dune length will be calculated from the reach length over the number of dunes. By plotting like above graph with respect to T (transport-stage parameter where, T=R/d50) bed form dunes height and steepness can be predict.

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For dune height () and dune length () Van Rijn expression (1984) =h(d50/h)0.3 where is dune height coefficient and value are within 0.8 < < 8 ; the average value = 2.5. For the dune length =(h/d50)0.3

- Julien-Klasseen expression (1996)

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where is dune length coefficient and value are within 0.5 < < 8; the average value 2.5.

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For Dune evolution

-Shimizu and Giri expression (2006) -Andries Paarlberg expression (2008) For Roughness evolution Cm = 18 log(12hm/km) where Cm is the Chezy coefficient Which is based on Van Rijn (1983, 1984) roughness equations km = kgrains + kdunes
kdunes = 1.1 [1-exp(-25/ )]

-Colebrook-White expression (1984)

Flow chart of the research methodology

Discharge, Boundary condition, Bank line data, Bathymetric data, sediment data, grain size analysis data will be input as Initial condition and system properties of numerical model

1-D numerical model

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dune length ()

Dune roughness modelling

Calibration and validation of water level with respect to actual flood event

Geomorphological character will define for flood of a particular river

General 1D numerical model

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Changes of bed level showing in normal 1D numerical model

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Changes of bed level showing in normal 1D numerical model

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Dune Evolution model

15Where H (average height of the water column), h(x) (bottom disturbance) and (x;t) (surface elevation

Dune Evolution model

Roughness model
For roughness modelling the roughness coefficient of the main channel as a Nikuradse roughness height. This roughness height is translated into a Chezy coefficient for use in Sobek by using a Colebrook-White type formula (ASCE Task Force on Friction Factors in Open Channels, 1963; Van Rijn, 1984): Cm = 18 log(12hm/km) where Cm is the Chezy coefficient and km is the Nikuradse roughness height Following Van Rijn (1984), the roughness height of the main channel (km) can be divided km = kgrains + kdunes According to Van Rijn (1984) kdunes =kdunes = 1.1 [1-exp(-25/ )] kgrains roughness as 3D90 (Van Rijn, 1993). The shape factor expresses the influence of the dune form on the

Case Study Area

The Nzoia river in Western Kenya. The catchment area lies between latitudes 1.5 N and 0.5 Sand longitudes 34 and 35.75 E. It is one of the major rivers flowing to the Lake Victoria.

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It is one of the major rivers in Nile basin large amount of shared water to the Lake Victoria .

The total length of the longest reach where river meets Lake Victoria is 334 km.

The Nzoia river basin is divided in to three sub-catchments . They are, Lower Nzoia (1303.28 km2), Middle Nzoia (3129.36 km2) and Upper Nzoia (8244.98 km2)

Expected Output

The result of water level will validate with actual flood event water level and observe The percentage of change of the height of flood water level due to consideration of dunes height and altered bed roughness coefficient.

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Differences in the stage-discharge relationships between the dunes heights.

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