River Channel Hydraulics, Fluvial Dynamics and Re-Opening Floodplains
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 April 2026 | Viewed by 36
Special Issue Editor
Interests: groundwater flow; open channel flow; fluvial hydrodynamics, dams; internal erosion in soils; flood protection; risk analysis
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Dear Colleagues,
The modelling of open channel flows and sediment transport involves modelling the flow at the floodplain areas covered with dwellings, vegetation; furthermore, the model should include longitudinal and transversal hydraulic structures such as flood levees, bed drops and weirs, etc. In many cases, these situations require special modelling techniques and/or the adaptation of standard one- or two-dimensional (1D, 2D) flow models. This research has become increasingly topical within the framework of EU "Biodiversity Strategy 2030", which requires the restoration of rivers and the re-connection of open channels with adjacent floodplains.
This Special Issue aims to compile research on this topic by presenting both theoretical and practical applications. This includes special modelling techniques, river restoration, flood control, and morphological changes in the arrangement of rivers and floodplain.
This Special Issue welcomes the submission of research on experimental, numerical, or field applications, as well as research on the following topics:
- Special techniques in open channel–floodplain modelling;
- Modelling of hydraulic structures on streams, both longitudinal and transversal;
- 2D modeling and hydraulic characteristics (roughness, obstacles, etc.);
- Approaches at re-connecting rivers to floodplains;
- Special hydraulic issues, such as flow regime transitions, hydraulic jump, boundary layers, etc;
- Modelling combined pressurized and free surface flow;
- Measurements at streams, providing data for model calibration;
- Sediment transport modelling.
Prof. Dr. Jaromír Říha
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- open channel flow
- sediment transport
- numerical and experimental modelling
- reopening floodplains
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