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Resistance to Flow Through Riprian Wetlands

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dc.contributor.authorHodges, Clayton Christopheren
dc.contributor.committeechairDiplas, Panayiotisen
dc.contributor.committeememberYounos, Tamimen
dc.contributor.committeememberKibler, David F.en
dc.contributor.departmentCivil Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:51:05Zen
dc.date.adate1997-05-16en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:51:05Zen
dc.date.issued1997-05-16en
dc.date.rdate2006-10-21en
dc.date.sdate1998-07-13en
dc.description.abstractIncreasing interest in the role of wetlands in pollutant removal, flood plain management, and sedimentation in recent years has prompted research into hydraulic processes inherent to these systems. The research described in this thesis focuses on flow processes within ecosystems known as riparian wetlands. An attempt has been made to summarize existing research in this field to ensure that a contribution will be made to the field of hydraulics. Included in this thesis are results from laboratory models investigating flow through vegetation in riparian wetlands. Particular emphasis in this research has been placed on velocity profile measurement of flow within vegetation. Measurements were taken within various density configuration of rigid simulated vegetation for emergent and submerged cases. In addition, many of the experiments tested the effect on the velocity profile when two distinct layers of vegetation are present. The results described herein should aid in visualization of flow processes within riparian wetlands.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-225723259711521en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-225723259711521/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/36554en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartTHESIS.PDFen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectwetlandsen
dc.subjectvelocity profilesen
dc.titleResistance to Flow Through Riprian Wetlandsen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineCivil Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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