TY  - CHAP
A1  - Auel, C.
A1  - Hagemann, M.
A1  - Albayrak, I.
A1  - Boes, R.M.
T1  - Optimizing the sustainability of sediment bypass tunnels to counter reservoir sedimentation
T2  - Proc. 25th ICOLD Congress, Q99 R31, Stavanger, Norway
N2  - In order to prevent reservoir sedimentation, sediment bypass tunnels can be an efficient countermeasure restoring sediment continuity of impounded rivers. Although supercritical open channel flow conditions in these tunnelsprevent tun-nel blockage, in combination with the high bypassed sediment volume it may lead tosevere abrasion damages on inverts. Consequently,wear termed hydroabra-sionoccurs. Based on laboratoryexperiments, a theoretical model was devel-oped to predict abrasion rates and service life timeof sediment bypass tunnels. Insituexperiments are further conducted for model calibration to provide an abrasion prediction approach for field applications.Finally,recommendations concerning the hydraulic design of the tunnel as well as the structural design ofthe invertareprovided.
Y1  - 2015
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hbz:836-opus-151518
SP  - 431
EP  - 452
PB  - ICOLD
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Auel, C.
A1  - Albayrak, I.
A1  - Sumi, T.
A1  - Boes, R.M.
T1  - Saltation-abrasion model for hydraulic structures
T2  - Proc. 1st Int. Workshop on Sediment Bypass Tunnels, VAW Mitteilungen 232
N2  - The derivation of an abrasion prediction model for concrete hydraulic structures valid in supercritical flows is presented herein. The state of the art saltation-abrasion model from Sklar and Dietrich (2004) is modified using the findings of a recent research pro-ject on the design and layout of sediment bypass tunnels. The model correlates the im-pacting parameters with the invert material properties by an abrasion coefficient kv. The value of this coefficient is verified by a similarity analysis to bedrock abrasion in river systems applying a correlation between the abrasion rate and the bed material strength. A sensitivity analysis reveals that the saltation-abrasion model is highly dependent on an adequate estimation of kv. However, as a first order estimate the proposed model en-ables the practical engineer to estimate abrasion at hydraulic structures prone to super-critical flows.
N2  - In diesem Beitrag wird ein Abrasionsvorhersagemodell für wasserbauliche Anlagen vorgestellt, die hohen Fliessgeschwindigkeiten ausgesetzt sind. Das Modell beruht auf dem Ansatz von Sklar und Dietrich (2004) und beinhaltet neue Erkenntnisse über die Partikeltrajektorien und Aufprallgeschwindigkeiten in schiessendem Abfluss. Das Mo-dell verbindet die Einwirkungs- mit den Materialwiderstandsparametern der Sohle mit Hilfe des Abrasionskoeffizienten kv. Der Wert dieses Koeffizienten wurde anhand einer Ähnlichkeitsanalyse zur Flusssohlenabrasion durch eine Korrelation der Abrasionsrate mit der Sohlmaterialfestigkeit verifiziert. Eine Sensitivitätsanalyse zeigt den grossen Einfluss dieses Parameters auf die Abrasion auf. Dennoch ist das vorgeschlagene Mo-dell als praktische Hilfe für den Ingenieur in der Praxis geeignet, um die Abrasion an wasserbaulichen Anlagen abzuschätzen
Y1  - 2015
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hbz:836-opus-151528
SP  - 101
EP  - 121
PB  - ETH Zurich
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Auel, C.
A1  - Albayrak, I.
A1  - Boes, R.M.
T1  - Bed-load particle motion in supercritical open channel flows
T2  - Proc. 36th IAHR World Congress, Delft - The Hague, the Netherlands
N2  - Supercritical sediment-laden open channel flows occur in many hydraulic structures including dam outlets, weirs, and bypass tunnels. Due to high flow velocities and sediment flux severe problems such as erosion and abrasion damages are expected in these structures (Jacobs et al., 2001). Sediment bypass tunnels (SBT), as an effective measure to decrease reservoir sedimentation by bypassing sediments during floods, are exceptionally prone to high abrasion causing significant annual maintenance cost (Sumi et al., 2004; Auel and Boes, 2011). The Laboratory of Hydraulics, Hydrology and Glaciology (VAW) of ETH Zurich conducted a laboratory study to counteract these negative effects (Auel, 2014). The main goals of the project were to analyze the fundamental physical processes in supercritical flows as present in SBTs by investigating the mean and turbulence flow characteristics (Auel et al., 2014a), particle motion (Auel et al., 2014b; 2015b), and abrasion development caused by transported sediment. Besides new insights into the three listed topics, paramount interest is given to their inter-relations and the development of an easily applicable abrasion prediction model (Auel et al., 2015a). This paper presents selected results on the second topic, i.e. the analysis of saltation trajectories of single coarse particles in supercritical flow.
Y1  - 2015
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hbz:836-opus-151559
PB  - IAHR
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Boes, R.M.
A1  - Auel, C.
A1  - Hagemann, M.
A1  - Albayrak, I.
T1  - Sediment bypass tunnels to mitigate reservoir sedimentation and restore sediment continuity
T2  - Reservoir Sedimentation
N2  - Worldwide, a large number of reservoirs impounded by dams are rapidly filling up with sediments. As on a global level the loss of reservoir volume due to sedimentation increases faster than the creation of new storage volume, the sustainability of reservoirs may be questioned if no countermeasures are taken. This paper gives an overview of the amount and the processes of reservoir sedimentation and its impact on dams and reservoirs. Furthermore, sediment bypass tunnels as a countermeasure for small to medium sized reservoirs are discussed with their pros and cons. The issue of hydroabrasion is highlighted, and the main design features to be applied for sediment bypass tunnels are given.
Y1  - 2014
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hbz:836-opus-151569
SN  - 978-1-138-02675-9
SP  - 221
EP  - 228
PB  - Taylor and Francis Group
CY  - London, UK
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Auel, C.
A1  - Albayrak, I.
A1  - Boes, R.M.
T1  - Bedload particle velocity in supercritical open channel flows
T2  - Proc. 7th River Flow, Int. Conference on Fluvial Hydraulics (Schleiss et al. eds.)
N2  - Single glass sphere motion recordings were conducted in a transitional-rough bed open channel at steady and highly supercritical flow similar to hydraulic conditions in sediment bypass tunnels. A high speed camera with a maximum resolution of 2,560 × 2,160 pixels was used to record the movement of bedload particles with diameters of D = 5.3, 10.3 and 17.5 mm. An in-house developed Particle Tracking Velocimetry (PTV) program was used to determine the transport mode and velocities of each particle for a wide range of Froude numbers up to Fo = 6. The relative roughness defined as the ratio of the bed roughness height ks to the water depth h varied from ks/h = 0.02–0.03. Particles were observed to move in rolling and saltation modes depending on the Shields number. The particle velocity shows a linearly increasing relationship with both friction velocity and Froude number nearly independent on the particle diameter. A linear relationship was also found between rolling and saltating particle velocities indicating that particle velocity does not depend on the transport mode in the range of the investigated hydraulic conditions. Scaling of particle velocity with the wave celerity plotted as a function of the Froude number adequately merged external data sets with the present data. As a consequence, a linear fit for a large Froude number range was obtained.
Y1  - 2014
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hbz:836-opus-151579
SN  - 978-1-138-02674-2
SP  - 923
EP  - 931
PB  - Taylor and Francis
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Auel, C.
A1  - Albayrak, I.
A1  - Boes, R.M.
T1  - Laborversuche über die Partikelbewegung in schiessendem Abfluss (Laboratory experiments on particle motion in supercritical flows)
T2  - Proc. Int. Symposium “Wasser- und Flussbau im Alpenraum”, VAW Mitteilungen
Y1  - 2014
SP  - 147
EP  - 156
PB  - ETH Zurich
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Albayrak, I.
A1  - Auel, C.
A1  - Boes, R.M.
T1  - Supercritical flow in sediment bypass tunnels
T2  - Proc. 12th Int. Symp. on River Sedimentation. Advances in River Sediment Research
N2  - This paper deals with an experimental investigation of the mean and turbulence characteristics of supercritical quasi-uniform and gradually varied open-channel flows over a transitional rough bed. These conditions are typical for sediment bypass tunnels. The results show that the log-law holds well in the inner region across the channel. The roughness shifts the velocity profiles downward by an amount of ΔU+. The velocity-dip phenomenon and strong secondary currents exist in the channel for narrow open-channel flow. These currents cause the Reynolds shear stress distributions to deviate from the linear distribution and an undulation on the transversal distribution of the bed shear stress, which matches with the bed abrasion pattern. The streamwise turbulence intensity profiles deviate from the semi-empirical universal function whereas the vertical turbulence intensity profiles fit well with it only at the centerline of the channel. A strong wall effect exists on the turbulence intensities in the outer region.
Y1  - 2013
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hbz:836-opus-151597
SN  - 978-1-138-00062-9
SP  - 1867
EP  - 1875
PB  - Taylor and Francis
CY  - London, UK
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Hagemann, M.
A1  - Auel, C.
A1  - Albayrak, I.
A1  - Boes, R.M.
T1  - Hydroabrasion in Sedimentumleitstollen
T2  - Proc. 35. Dresdner Wasserbaukolloquium. "Staubauwerke - Planen, Bauen, Betreiben", Wasserbauliche Mitteilungen Heft 47
N2  - Sedimentumleitstollen leiten die sedimentreichen Hochwasserspitzen um die Tal-sperre herum in den Unterlauf des Flusses und verhindern so eine fortschreitende Verlandung des Stauraums. Aufgrund der hohen Fließgeschwindigkeiten und gro-ßen Sedimentfrachten in Umleitstollen weisen diese starke Verschleißerscheinun-gen auf, die zu hohen Unterhaltskosten führen. Es gibt verschiedene Konzepte um diesem Problem entgegen zu wirken. Einerseits kann der Umleitstollen hydrau-lisch optimiert werden, um die Belastung auf die Sohle zu minimieren. Auf der anderen Seite kann der Widerstand der Stollensohle verbessert werden. An der Versuchsanstalt für Wasserbau, Hydrologie und Glaziologie (VAW) der ETH Zü-rich werden zur Zeit zwei Forschungsarbeiten durchgeführt, die sich diesen zwei Aspekten widmen. In großskaligen Laborversuchen erfolgt eine systematische Untersuchung und Optimierung der maßgebenden Parameter wie Fortbewegungs-art des Sediments und Abrasionstiefe der Stollensohle. Anhand von Prototypver-suchen im neu errichteten Sedimentumleitstollen Solis in Graubünden (Schweiz) werden die Zusammenhänge zwischen Beanspruchung, Materialeigenschaften und Abrasion im Prototyp ermittelt. Darauf basierend können Empfehlungen be-züglich Materialwahl, konstruktiver Durchbildung und Dimensionierung abgege-ben und so zu einer nachhaltigen und wirtschaftlichen Wasserbewirtschaftung in Stauseen beigetragen werden.
Y1  - 2012
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hbz:836-opus-151612
SP  - 95
EP  - 104
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Auel, C.
A1  - Albayrak, I.
A1  - Boes, R.M.
T1  - Hydraulische Modellierung der Hydroabrasion
JF  - VAW Mitteilungen
N2  - Hydroabrasion tritt im alpinen Raum hauptsächlich bei Wasserbauwerken auf, die durch hohe Fließgeschwindigkeiten und große Sedimentfrachten belastet werden. Dies sind beispielswei-se Wehrschwellen in Flüssen, Wasserfassungen von Wasserkraftwerken und vor allem Sedi-mentumleitstollen. Letztere dienen dazu sedimentreiche Hochwasserspitzen um die Talsperre herum in den Unterlauf des Flusses zu leiten. Sie verhindern so eine fortschreitende Verlan-dung des Stauraums.
Es gibt verschiedene Konzepte, dem Problem der Hydroabrasion entgegen zu wirken. Einer-seits kann der Umleitstollen hydraulisch optimiert werden, um die Einwirkung auf die Sohle zu minimieren. Auf der anderen Seite kann deren Widerstand verbessert werden. An der Ver-suchsanstalt für Wasserbau, Hydrologie und Glaziologie (VAW) der ETH Zürich werden zur Zeit zwei Forschungsarbeiten durchgeführt, die sich jeweils diesen Aspekten widmen. Dieser Beitrag befasst sich mit der hydraulischen Optimierung von Sedimentumleitstollen mit Hilfe von großskaligen Laborversuchen.
In insgesamt drei Versuchsreihen werden die Mittelwert- und Turbulenz-Fließcharakteristik von schießendem Abfluss in einer Versuchsrinne mittels eines Laser-Doppler Anemometrie-Systems (LDA) aufgenommen, die Fortbewegungsart des Sediments mittels eines High-Speed Kamera-Systems analysiert sowie die Abrasion der Stollensohle untersucht. In Abhängigkeit des Sohlgefälles, des Durchflusses, der Größe und Menge der Sedimentfracht erfolgt die Fortbewegung des Sedimentkorns hüpfend, rollend oder gleitend und verursacht unterschied-liche Abrasionserscheinungen in der Stollensohle. Die Ergebnisse der LDA Experimente zei-gen, dass, abhängig vom Verhältnis Gerinnebreite zur Abflusstiefe, Sekundärströmungen auf-treten. Diese Sekundärströmungen beeinflussen im untersuchten Froude-Zahlenbereich 2, 4 und 8 das longitudinale Strömungsprofil sowie die Verteilung der Sohlen- bzw. Reynolds-Schubspannungen und der Turbulenzintensität und somit letztlich die Fortbewegungsart des Sedimentkorns in der Wassersäule.
Mittels der drei Versuchsreihen sollen bestmögliche hydraulische Bedingungen für Sedimen-tumleitstollen gefunden werden, um die Hydroabrasion und somit die Unterhaltskosten signi-fikant zu minimieren.
Y1  - 2012
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hbz:836-opus-151717
PB  - ETH Zurich
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Müller-Hagemann, M.
A1  - Albayrak, I
A1  - Auel, C
A1  - Boes, RM
T1  - Field Investigation on Hydroabrasion in High-Speed Sediment-Laden Flows at Sediment Bypass Tunnels
JF  - Water 12 (2)
N2  - Wear due to sediment particles in fluid flows, also termed hydroabrasion’ or simply ‘abrasion’, is an omnipresent issue at hydraulic structures as well as in bedrock rivers. However, interactions between flow field, particle motion, channel topography, material properties and abrasion have rarely been investigated on a prototype scale, leaving many open questions as to their quantitative interrelations. Therefore, we investigated hydroabrasion in a multi‐year field study at two Swiss Sediment Bypass Tunnels (SBTs). Abrasion depths of various invert materials, hydraulics and sediment transport conditions were determined and used to compute the abrasion coefficients kv of different abrasion models for high‐strength concrete and granite. The results reveal that these models are useful to estimate spatially averaged abrasion rates. The kv‐value is about one order of magnitude higher for granite than for high‐strength concrete, hence, using material‐specific abrasion coefficients enhances the prediction accuracy. Three‐dimensional flow structures, i.e., secondary currents occurring both, in the straight and curved sections of the tunnels cause incision channels, while also longitudinally undulating abrasion patterns were observed. Furthermore, hydroabrasion concentrated along joints and protruding edges. The maximum abrasion depths were roughly twice the mean abrasion depths, irrespective of hydraulics, sediment transport
conditions and invert material.
Y1  - 2020
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hbz:836-opus-151268
PB  - MDPI
CY  - Basel
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Auel, C.
A1  - Albayrak, I.
A1  - Sumi, T.
A1  - Boes, R.M.
T1  - Sediment transport in high-speed flows over a fixed bed. 2: Particle impacts and abrasion prediction
JF  - Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
N2  - Single bed load particle impacts were experimentally investigated in supercritical open channel flow over a fixed planar bed of low relative roughness height simulating high-gradient non-alluvial mountain streams as well as hydraulic structures. Particle impact characteristics (impact velocity, impact angle, Stokes number, restitution and dynamic friction coefficients) were determined for a wide range of hydraulic parameters and particle properties. Particle impact velocity scaled with the particle velocity, and the vertical particle impact velocity increased with excess transport stage. Particle impact and rebound angles were low and decreased with transport stage. Analysis of the particle impacts with the bed revealed almost no viscous damping effects with high normal restitution coefficients exceeding unity. The normal and resultant Stokes numbers were high and above critical thresholds for viscous damping. These results are attributed to the coherent turbulent structures near the wall region, i.e. bursting motion with ejection and sweep events responsible for turbulence generation and particle transport. The tangential restitution coefficients were slightly below unity and the dynamic friction coefficients were lower than for alluvial bed data, revealing that only a small amount of horizontal energy was transferred to the bed. The abrasion prediction model formed by Sklar and Dietrich in 2004 was revised based on the new equations on vertical impact velocity and hop length covering various bed configurations. The abrasion coefficient kv was found to be vary around kv ~ 105 for hard materials (tensile strength ft > 1 MPa), one order of magnitude lower than the value assumed so far for Sklar and Dietrich's model.
Y1  - 2017
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/esp.4132
SP  - 1365
EP  - 1383
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Auel, C.
A1  - Albayrak, I.
A1  - Sumi, T.
A1  - Boes, R.M.
T1  - Sediment transport in high-speed flows over a fixed bed. 1: Particle dynamics
JF  - Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
N2  - Particle dynamics are investigated experimentally in supercritical high-speed open channel flow over a fixed planar bed of low relative roughness height simulating flows in high-gradient non-alluvial mountain streams and hydraulic structures. Non-dimensional equations were developed for transport mode, particle velocity, hop length and hop height accounting for a wide range of literature data encompassing sub- and supercritical flow conditions as well as planar and alluvial bed configurations. Particles were dominantly transported in saltation and particle trajectories on planar beds were rather flat and long compared with alluvial bed data due to (1) increased lift forces by spinning motion, (2) strongly downward directed secondary currents, and (3) a planar flume bed where variation in particle reflection and damping effects were minor. The analysis of particle saltation trajectories revealed that the rising and falling limbs were almost symmetrical contradicting alluvial bed data. Furthermore, no or negligible effect of particle size and shape on particle dynamics were found. Implications of experimental findings for mechanistic saltation-abrasion models are briefly discussed.
Y1  - 2017
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/esp.4128
SP  - 1384
EP  - 1396
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Hagemann, M.
A1  - Albayrak, I.
A1  - Boes, R.M.
A1  - Auel, C.
A1  - Sumi, T.
T1  - Reviewing research and experience on sediment bypass tunnels
JF  - Int. Journal on Hydropower and Dams
Y1  - 2016
SP  - 54
EP  - 58
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Auel, C.
A1  - Albayrak, I.
A1  - Boes, R.M.
T1  - Turbulence characteristics in supercritical open channel flows: Effects of Froude number and aspect ratio
JF  - Journal of Hydraulic Engineering ASCE
N2  - An experimental investigation of supercritical uniform and gradually varied open channel flows is presented for a wide range of Froude numbers and flume width-to-flow depth aspect ratios. The instantaneous streamwise and vertical flow velocities were measured in a laboratory flume over the entire width using a two dimensional–laser Doppler anemometry (2D-LDA) system to determine turbulence intensities, and bed and Reynolds shear stresses. The mean velocity patterns show undulation across the flume, indicating the presence of counterrotating secondary current cells. These currents redistribute turbulence intensities and bed and Reynolds shear stresses across the flume. For aspect ratios ≤ 4−5, i.e., narrow open channel flow, the velocity-dip phenomenon is identified both in the streamwise velocity and the Reynolds shear stress distributions. For high aspect ratios, i.e., wide open channel flow, the strength of secondary currents diminish toward the flume center, resulting in a 2D flow farther away from the walls and no velocity-dip phenomenon. Froude number effects on the flow characteristics are less pronounced compared to the aspect ratio effects. At high Froude numbers, the results for narrow and wide open channel flows agree well with literature data. The log-law holds in the inner region across the entire flume width for all investigated Froude numbers and aspect ratios. The Reynolds shear stress distribution agrees well with the computed spanwise bed shear stress distribution. At the flume side walls, the bed shear stresses are 20–50 % higher than the mean values. These results are verified with an engineering example in which high sediment transport and corresponding deep abrasion patterns at the side walls were observed.
Y1  - 2014
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-7900.0000841
ER  -