Jun 5, 2012
shape channel model
this model was developed to allow me to study pattern and shape. I built it to be changeable, with a number of pits, basins, flushing canals, and dredge pits built in, and I could add smaller elements such as wing dams and pole fields throughout the canal.
The results were surprising and instructive, showing the effectiveness of combining certain elements such as clustering poles alongside wing dams to alter depositional patterns.
limitations of this tool are due primarily to the fact that sediment itself cannot be scaled. Additionally, it takes a long time- the model was approximately 6’ long and needed to be run for approximately 8 hours to get a good distribution of bed load sediment.
