Sediment Transport Characteristic Of The Ping River Basin, Thailand

Keywords

bed load; river basin; sediment estimation; Suspended sediment load; total sediment load

Abstract

This study examined the river sediment transport characteristics of the Ping River basin, which is one of the major river basins in Thailand. River surveys of the Ping River were carried out nine times between 2011 and 2013. Survey data included river cross sections, flow velocities, suspended sediment concentration, and bed load transport in the river. Analyzes of these data indicated that suspended transport rates in the Ping River during normal flow conditions in 2012-2013 ranged between 107 and 9,562 metric tons/day (mt/d), but increased to 35,300 mt/d during high flooding conditions (Thailand's Great Flood of 2011). The rate of bed load transport was 1,401 mt/d during the Flood of 2011. However, the measured bed load in 2012-2013 varied between 0 and 482 mt/d. The bed-to-suspended load ratio in the Ping River fluctuated in the broad range of 0-2.0. Estimates of total sediment transport in the Ping River were made using some of the classic equations from the hydrologic literature. The results obtained from the different methods show that the Laursen-Copeland formula gives the best estimate of total sediment transport rate of the Ping River compared to other methods. Results from this study also reveal that the Bhumibol Dam, constructed in 1964, has had a significant effect on suspended sediment load reduction downstream of the dam.

Publication Date

1-1-2016

Publication Title

Procedia Engineering

Volume

154

Number of Pages

557-564

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2016.07.552

Socpus ID

84997646591 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84997646591

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