CIVE 638 - Sedimentation Engineering - Suggested Project Topics - Fall 2020


  1. Review of the relation between critical shear stress and critical velocity. (Jang)


  2. Review and analysis of the Jarrett principle. (TBA)


  3. Analysis of sediment yield in a California stream. (Hunt)


  4. Difference between sediment production and sediment yield across basin size. (Carney)

  5. Relationship between sediment retention by dams and coastal erosion: Case studies in California. (Graves)


  6. Relationship between sediment retention by dams and coastal erosion: Case studies around the world. (McGaugh)


  7. Experience with the Dendy-Bolton formula of sediment yield in the past 40 years. (TBA)


  8. Review of the difference between the USLE and MUSLE formulas. (TBA)

  9. Bed profile of the Snake river and interpretation of the great flood at Red Rock Pass about 15,000 BP. (TBA)


  10. History and status of river engineering in the Lower Mississippi river. (TBA)


  11. History and status of river engineering in the Sacramento river. (TBA)


  12. Experience with the Odgaard vane in Colombia. (Scott)


  13. Application of the Colby method to a California stream. (TBA)


  14. Application of the Ackers-White method to a California stream. (TBA)


  15. Application of the Modified Einstein Procedure to a California stream. (TBA)


  16. Comparison between Colby 1957 and Colby 1964 methods. (TBA)


  17. Comparison between Ackers-White and Colby 1964 methods. (TBA)


  18. Analysis of reservoir sedimentation at a dam in San Diego County. (McDowell)

  19. Analysis of reservoir sedimentation at a dam in California. (TBA)


  20. The case for and against sediment trapping dams. (Gonzalez)


  21. Review of celerity of transient bed profiles. (TBA)


  22. Review and analysis of scour below dams. (TBA)


  23. Analysis of bridge scour using HEC-18 and Melville's equations. (TBA)


  24. Analysis of bridge scour using Froehlich's and Jain and Fisher's equations. (TBA)


  25. Review and analysis of the Modified Lane relation. (TBA)


  26. Recalculation and analysis of Einstein's Big Sand Creek example. (TBA)


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