Possible effects of the 1984 St. Clair River ice jam on bed changes

Tomasz Kolerski; Hung Tao Shen

doi:10.1139/cjce-2014-0275

Possible effects of the 1984 St. Clair River ice jam on bed changes

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This study examines the possible effect of the record ice jam of 1984 in the St. Clair River on river bed changes and conveyance. Numerical simulations were made to examine the flow and bed shear stresses during the jam formation and release periods. Simulation results indicate that the ice jam in the river did not cause a significant increase in bed shear stress compared to pre- and post-jam open water conditions. The insignificant change on bed shear stress during the ice jam period is the result of the large flow depth and the limited jam thickness. The bed shear stresses are much less than the critical shear stress for bed particle movement. This implies that the jam may not have had a significant impact on the channel conveyance.

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Tomasz Kolerski dr hab. inż.
Hung Tao Shen
- Clarkson Unversity, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

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Category:: Articles
Type:: artykuł w czasopiśmie wyróżnionym w JCR
Published in:: CANADIAN JOURNAL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING no. 42, pages 696 - 703,
ISSN: 0315-1468
Publication year:: 2015
Bibliographic description:: Kolerski T., Shen H.: Possible effects of the 1984 St. Clair River ice jam on bed changes// CANADIAN JOURNAL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING. -Vol. 42, nr. 9 (2015), s.696-703
DOI:: Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.1139/cjce-2014-0275
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