Meandering morphodynamics: Insights from laboratory and numerical experiments and beyond

AM Ferreira da Silva, M Ebrahimi - Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 2017 - ascelibrary.org
This paper, written to mark the 60th anniversary of the Journal of Hydraulic Engineering,
focuses on the nature of meandering flow and its coupling to bed and bank deformation. An …

Experimental analysis of cross‐sectional flow motion in a large amplitude meandering bend

D Termini, M Piraino - Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Flow in meandering bends is characterized by the formation of a large cross‐sectional
central‐region circulation cell. The width‐to‐depth ratio is one of the most important …

Experimental observations of flow and bed processes in large-amplitude meandering flume

D Termini - Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 2009 - ascelibrary.org
Meanders of large amplitude often exhibit asymmetric planform shape or subsidiary bends.
The present work is aimed at improving on understanding of the morphodynamic …

Variation of flow pattern with sinuosity in sine-generated meandering streams

AMF da Silva, T El-Tahawy, WD Tape - Journal of Hydraulic …, 2006 - ascelibrary.org
The effect of channel sinuosity on flow pattern in meandering streams is investigated. The
centerlines of the idealized meandering streams under consideration follow sine-generated …

[PDF][PDF] On why and how do rivers meander

AMF Da Silva - 14th IAHR Arthur Thomas Ippen Award Lecture, XXXI …, 2005 - academia.edu
I am very honoured, and deeply grateful to the IAHR Awards Committee and the IAHR
Council for making me the recipient of this year's Arthur Thomas Ippen Award. It is a great …

Recent advances from research on meandering and directions for future work

AMF da Silva - Rivers–Physical, Fluvial and Environmental Processes, 2015 - Springer
This paper presents a review of the present understanding of the kinematics of meandering
flow, and its relationship to bed deformation as well as downstream migration and lateral …

Numerical model for convective flow in meandering channels with various sinuosities

HT Zhang, WH Dai, AMF da Silva… - Journal of Hydraulic …, 2021 - ascelibrary.org
The flow in every meandering channel with a specific sinuosity has its own convective
pattern. However, most of the previous numerical works did not take this nature as an …

On the location in flow plan of erosion–deposition zones in sine–generated meandering streams

AM Ferreira da Silva, T El-Tahawy - Journal of Hydraulic Research, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
This paper concerns the location in flow plan of the laterally adjacent erosion–deposition
zones (“deeps” and “hills”) in sine–generated meandering streams. The aim of the paper is …

On the quantification of the bed development time of alluvial meandering streams

AD Binns, AM da Silva - Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 2009 - ascelibrary.org
This paper concerns the quantitative evaluation of the time of bed development of alluvial
meandering streams. In agreement with the prevailing approach, it is assumed that the …

Numerical study on resistance to flow in meandering channels

HT Zhang, WH Dai, AMF da Silva… - Journal of Hydraulic …, 2022 - ascelibrary.org
Focusing on the effect of the meandering planform, two functions are investigated by a
numerical experiment: the first represents the ratio between the intensities of the resisting …