Knowledge Base

The Sedimentation and River Hydraulics Group collects data and performs applied research to solve river engineering problems. The following sections contain manuals, guidelines, and research papers for technologies developed during the course of our project work.

Manuals and Guidelines

Research Papers

2007

Greimann, B., L. Lai, and J. Huang (2007). "Two-Dimensional Total Sediment Load Model Equations," Submitted to Journal of Hydraulic Enigneering, ASCE.

Hilldale, R.C. and Raff, D. (2007) "Assessing the Ability of Airborne LiDAR to Map River Bathymetry". This is a preprint of an article accepted for publication in Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, Wiley, 2007.

2006

Greimann, B.P., Randle, T. and Huang, J. (2006). "The Movement of Finite Amplitude Sediment Accumulations," Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, vol 132, no. 7, p. 731-736.

2003

Huang, J., Greimann, B.P., Yang C.T. (2003). "Numerical Simulation of Sediment Transport in Alluvial Rivers with Floodplains," International Journal of Sediment Research, vol 18, no. 1, p. 50-59.

Lai, Y.G., Weber, L.J., Patel, V.C. (2003a). "A non-hydrostatic three-dimensional method for hydraulic flow simulation - part I: formulation and verification," ASCE Journal Hydraulic Engineering, 129(3), 196-205.

Lai, Y.G., Weber, L.J., Patel, V.C. (2003b) "A non-hydrostatic three-dimensional method for hydraulic flow simulation - part II: application," ASCE Journal Hydraulic Engineering, 129(3), 206-214.

2002

Lai, Y.G. (2002). "User's Manual for U2RANS: An Unsteady and Unstructured Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes Solver - A Draft," IIHR draft document, University of Iowa.

Papanicolaou, A., and Hilldale, R. (2002). "Turbulence characteristics in a gradual channel transition." J. Eng. Mech., 128(9), 948-960.

2001

Greimann, B.P., and Holly, F.M. (2001). "Two-Phase Formulation of Highly Concentrated Sediment-Laden Flows," Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, vol 127, no. 9, p. 753-762.