Flow resistance in open channel due to vegetation at reach scale: A review

A D'Ippolito, F Calomino, G Alfonsi, A Lauria - Water, 2021 - mdpi.com
Vegetation on the banks and flooding areas of watercourses significantly affects energy
losses. To take the latter into account, computational models make use of resistance …

Comparison of flexible and rigid vegetation induced shear layers in partly vegetated channels

G Caroppi, K Västilä, P Gualtieri… - Water Resources …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Natural riparian vegetation generally presents a complex hydrodynamic behavior governed
by plant morphology and flexibility. By contrast, hydrodynamic processes in partly vegetated …

Flow dynamics and turbulence patterns in a drainage channel colonized by common reed (Phragmites australis) under different scenarios of vegetation management

A Errico, GFC Lama, S Francalanci, GB Chirico… - Ecological …, 2019 - Elsevier
Drainage channels are a widespread component of agricultural and urbanized lowland
landscapes. Management of instream and riparian vegetation along drainage channels …

Bedload transport through emergent vegetation: current status and its future prospect

A D'Ippolito, F Calomino, S Dey, R Gaudio… - Environmental Fluid …, 2023 - Springer
Vegetation present in the water streams, on the banks and in the floodplain areas largely
affects the river hydraulics. Indeed, river vegetation significantly influences hydrodynamics …

Experimental investigation of 3D flow properties around emergent rigid vegetation

P Kumar, A Sharma - Ecohydrology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The condition of emergent or submerged vegetation plays a vital role in affecting the flow
behaviour in open channels. To understand the flow processes in free surface flows under …

Predicting the vertical low suspended sediment concentration in vegetated flow using a random displacement model

W Huai, L Yang, WJ Wang, Y Guo, T Wang… - Journal of Hydrology, 2019 - Elsevier
Based on the Lagrangian approach, this study proposes a random displacement model
(RDM) to predict the concentration of suspended sediment in vegetated steady open …

Evaluation of flow resistance models based on field experiments in a partly vegetated reclamation channel

GFC Lama, A Errico, S Francalanci, L Solari, F Preti… - Geosciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
This study presents a methodology for improving the efficiency of Baptist and Stone and
Shen models in predicting the global water flow resistance of a reclamation channel partly …

Reynolds stress anisotropy with higher-order turbulence in flow through rigid emergent vegetation: An experimental study

P Kumar, A Ojha, A Sharma - Journal of Hydro-Environment Research, 2023 - Elsevier
The flow turbulence and Reynolds stress anisotropy in flow over the smooth rigid bed with
the emergent rigid vegetation in a straight channel have been experimentally investigated …

Effects of vegetation density on shear layer in partly vegetated channels

G Caroppi, P Gualtieri, N Fontana, M Giugni - Journal of Hydro …, 2020 - Elsevier
Vegetation occurring along river margins deeply alters the hydrodynamic flow structure,
inducing a characteristic shear layer profile and triggering the onset of large scale vortices …

Shear layer over floodplain vegetation with a view on bending and streamlining effects

G Caroppi, J Järvelä - Environmental Fluid Mechanics, 2022 - Springer
Shrubby and woody vegetation growing on floodplains profoundly influences hydrodynamic
and transport processes in riverine systems. Existing hydrodynamic research is mostly …