Definition of hydraulic geometry of navigable canals and its expression are studied in this paper. The
hydrodynamic and morphologic characteristics of navigable canals are analyzed on the basis of the data collected
from field surveys conducted at two segments of the Grand Canal in Jiangsu Province, China. The channel
morphologic factor and the ship hydrodynamic factor are adopted to describe the hydraulic geometry relation of
navigable canals. The correlation analysis shows that the ship hydrodynamics can be a dominant factor influencing
the channel evolution with larger determination coefficient. Furthermore, the undetermined index in the proposed
hydraulic geometry relation is also discussed, which indicates that the index related to the intensity of water flow
(qualitatively reflected by the integrated ship flow intensity) is within a range of 0.5 to 1.0.
MAO Lilei (毛礼磊), CHEN Yimei *(陈一梅)
. Hydraulic Geometry Relation for Navigable Canals Considering Ship Speed[J]. Journal of Shanghai Jiaotong University(Science), 2019
, 24(3)
: 299
-304
.
DOI: 10.1007/s12204-019-2048-8
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