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6.5 River Stability and Bank Protection

6.5 River Stability and Bank Protection. John Ratsey [john.ratsey@ntlworld.com]. Channel Morphology. A meandering channel can give the wadi the right balance between slope, velocity and sediment transport ability Meanders tend to migrate downstream with time

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6.5 River Stability and Bank Protection

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  1. 6.5 River Stability and Bank Protection John Ratsey [john.ratsey@ntlworld.com]

  2. Channel Morphology A meandering channel can give the wadi the right balance between slope, velocity and sediment transport ability • Meanders tend to migrate downstream with time • Interventions in one location can cause effects in another location • Sand and gravel extraction can upset the morphological balance

  3. Typical meandering channel Outside of bend will move downstream Erosion at outside of bends, deposition on inside of bends There is a circulation within the overall flow

  4. Aggradation and Retrogression • Aggrade = rise; retrogress = fall • A natural wadi has overall balance between slope and sediment transport (in “regime”) which is an overall average of the floods of various sizes • However, the major floods move much more material than the equivalent volume of small floods

  5. Disturbance of the regime • Engineering interventions, such as weirs, can interfere with the natural movement of sediment • Sand and gravel extraction can also disturb the natural balance: Extraction upstream can cause lower bed levels downstream

  6. Example of retrogression 6. Sediment is carried over weir and the downstream bed profile is restored 5. Eventually wadi has new stable bed profile 3. Sediment is deposited upstream of weir 2. Weir is constructed 4. Sediment is picked up from bed downstream of weir 1. Original wadi bed profile Timescale: Can be many years or one very big flood

  7. YANDOFERO RIVER, KONSO, ETHIOPIA NEW BEDLEVEL OLD BEDLEVEL RIVER MORPHOLOGY GONE WRONG:AFTER THE CUTTING OF A RIVERAINE FORESTTHE YANDOFERO RIVER CHANGE ITS DOWNSTREAM COURSEAND BED LEVELS DROPPED 1-3 METERS

  8. Example of retrogression Downstream of Waqar weir, Wadi Siham: Bed level has dropped by several metres. It may be caused by weir + sand / gravel extraction. A further drop will expose the siphon Spur is here Bed is here

  9. Gabion weir to stabilise bed Gabion weir constructed to maintain wadi bed level downstream of concrete weir

  10. Alternative option: bed stabilizer

  11. Bank protection • Spurs encourage sediment deposition • Spurs may change the flow pattern and cause problems elsewhere • Revetment protects the bank from erosion

  12. Spur design criteria

  13. Examples of spurs

  14. Farmer-built protection Reinforced with old vehicle chassis It looks vulnerable to scour

  15. Brushwood protection This farmer-built protection is constructed of brushwood

  16. Good example of gabion spur Stepped end reduces impact on high floods but still protects the bank Spur keyed into bank to avoid outflanking behind spur Apron to protect against scour

  17. Erosion at head of spur Damaged apron and scour

  18. Close up view of gabions Gabions well-packed and tied together

  19. Long spur without stepped end Spur is vulnerable to severe scour at nose since water has to go around and not over

  20. Bank protection using vegetation

  21. Illustration of bank protection

  22. Example of erosion on bend Erosion at outside of bend

  23. Wadi Mawr - 1990 Wadi in 1990 Wadi in 2000 Current bank position Current bank position Current bank position

  24. Wadi Mawr 2000 Current bank position Current bank position Area being eroded Current bank position

  25. Wadi Mawr 2004 Current bank position Current bank position Current bank position

  26. Effect of spur Flow deflected to other side of wadi Area being eroded Wadi has now breached here

  27. Revetment • Revetment is passive protection of slopes • It does not change the flow pattern • Revetment is recommended upstream of intakes where it will not deflect the flow

  28. Revetment options

  29. Slope protected with gabion mattress Embankment protected by gabions

  30. Revetment + launching apron Apron constructed below bed level to reduce abrasion damage and potential bending Boulders to fill any scour hole

  31. Protected island Gravel island covered with gabion mattress to protect embayment (3 were used). Gaps between islands allow floods to deposit sediment behind

  32. Gabions can be flexible Partial collapse after scour

  33. but will break Wires have broken here

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