CIVE 638 - Sedimentation Engineering - Suggested Project Topics - Fall 2020
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Review of the relation between critical shear stress and critical velocity. (Jang)
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Review and analysis of the Jarrett principle. (TBA)
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Analysis of sediment yield in a California stream.
(Hunt)
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Difference between sediment production and sediment yield
across basin size. (Carney)
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Relationship between sediment retention by dams and coastal erosion:
Case studies in California. (Graves)
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Relationship between sediment retention by dams and coastal erosion:
Case studies around the world. (McGaugh)
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Experience with the Dendy-Bolton formula of sediment yield in the past 40 years. (TBA)
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Review of the difference between the USLE and MUSLE formulas. (TBA)
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Bed profile of the Snake river and interpretation of the
great flood at Red Rock Pass about 15,000 BP. (TBA)
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History and status of river engineering in the Lower Mississippi river.
(TBA)
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History and status of river engineering in the Sacramento river.
(TBA)
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Experience with the Odgaard vane in Colombia.
(Scott)
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Application of the Colby method to a California stream. (TBA)
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Application of the Ackers-White method to a California stream. (TBA)
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Application of the Modified Einstein Procedure to a California stream. (TBA)
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Comparison between Colby 1957 and Colby 1964 methods. (TBA)
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Comparison between Ackers-White and Colby 1964 methods. (TBA)
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Analysis of reservoir sedimentation at a dam in San Diego County. (McDowell)
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Analysis of reservoir sedimentation at a dam in California.
(TBA)
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The case for and against sediment trapping dams. (Gonzalez)
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Review of celerity of transient bed profiles. (TBA)
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Review and analysis of scour below dams. (TBA)
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Analysis of bridge scour using HEC-18 and Melville's equations. (TBA)
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Analysis of bridge scour using Froehlich's and Jain and Fisher's equations. (TBA)
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Review and analysis of the Modified Lane relation. (TBA)
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Recalculation and analysis of Einstein's Big Sand Creek example. (TBA)
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