Why do we build check dams in Alpine streams? An historical perspective from the French experience

G Piton, S Carladous, A Recking… - Earth Surface …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
For more than 150 years, humans have tried to limit the geomorphic activity of mountain
streams, and the related damage, using torrent control works. Check dams are likely the …

An intelligent evolutionary extreme gradient boosting algorithm development for modeling scour depths under submerged weir

H Tao, M Habib, I Aljarah, H Faris, HA Afan… - Information …, 2021 - Elsevier
This research presents a new hybridized evolutionary artificial intelligence (AI) model for
modeling depth scouring under submerged weir (ds). The proposed model is based on the …

Form and stability of step‐pool channels: Research progress

M Church, A Zimmermann - Water Resources Research, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Research examining the hydraulics, morphology, and stability of step‐pool mountain
streams has blossomed in the last decade, resulting in more than a dozen dissertations …

Deterioration modeling and maintenance assessment using physics-informed stochastic Petri nets: Application to torrent protection structures

N Chahrour, M Nasr, JM Tacnet, C Bérenguer - Reliability Engineering & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Mountain territories are remarkably exposed to natural phenomena such as torrential floods,
arising due to climate and geophysical environmental changes. Protection structures …

Comparative analysis of soft computing techniques RBF, MLP, and ANFIS with MLR and MNLR for predicting grade-control scour hole geometry

H Riahi-Madvar, M Dehghani, A Seifi… - Engineering …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The main aims and contributions of the present paper are to use new soft computing
methods for the simulation of scour geometry (depth/height and locations) in a comparative …

Gene expression programming for prediction of scour depth downstream of sills

HM Azamathulla - Journal of Hydrology, 2012 - Elsevier
Local scour is crucial in the degradation of river bed and the stability of grade control
structures, stilling basins, aprons, ski-jump bucket spillways, bed sills, weirs, check dams …

Live-bed scour at submerged weirs

D Guan, BW Melville, H Friedrich - Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 2015 - ascelibrary.org
Weirs or bed sills are low-head hydraulic structures used for bed stabilization, raising
upstream water level, and reducing flow velocity. During high-flow events, the weir is fully …

Evaluating the effects of check dams on channel geometry, bed sediment size and riparian vegetation in Mediterranean mountain torrents

DA Zema, G Bombino, P Denisi, ME Lucas-Borja… - Science of the total …, 2018 - Elsevier
In mountain streams possible negative impacts of check dams on soil, water and riparian
vegetation due to check dam installation can be noticed. In spite of the ample literature on …

Effects of check dams on bed-load transport and steep-slope stream morphodynamics

G Piton, A Recking - Geomorphology, 2017 - Elsevier
Check dams are transversal structures built across morphologically-active streams in
mountainous regions. These structures have been used widely in torrent-hazard mitigation …

Equilibrium scour downstream of three-dimensional grade-control structures

SM Scurlock, CI Thornton, SR Abt - Journal of Hydraulic …, 2012 - ascelibrary.org
To promote grade-control, bank stability, and fish habitat enhancement, three-dimensional
structures installed within river channels are becoming increasingly popular choices for …