River Mechanics
River Mechanics is basically the behavior of the river to different natural and man made phenomena, how rivers are formed and analysis of river mechanics is based on the concept of water and sediment transport down to the rivers by the action of gravity from up land portion of the ocean. The course contents are:
- Concept of Fluvial Geomorphology
- Stream forms and classification
- Quantitative response of the river system
- Prediction of general river response to change
- Application of quantitative analysis
- Application of the concept of the beginning of motion to practical problems
- Design of stable channels
- Premissible velocity and tractive forces
- Method of maximum permissible velocity
- Method of critical shear stress
- The ideal stable cross section