Integrated river eco-morphodynamics

Lecturers: prof. Guido Zolezzi, prof. Walter Bertoldi, Prof. Annunziato Siviglia

Timetable: 7-11 June 2021 

from Monday June 7th 2021 at 9:30 to Friday June 11th at 13:30 pm

The course will be offered in a blended format: in presence (at DICAM, room 1H), few places available, and online via Zoom. The link for online participation will be sent to all registered participants.

Aim: the general aim of the course is to show how the integration of different approaches can lead to a comprehensive insight into river eco-morphodynamics, also in relation with the mutual interactions among flow, sediment transport, riparian vegetation.The course strategy is to focus on specific morphodynamic patterns, particularly alternate bars in channelized streams, a rather popular subset of patterns related with river eco-morphodynamics that can be taken as an example of other patterns evolving at different time and spatial scales. 

Contents:

• Basics of theoretical river morphodynamics
• Analytical theories of river bars: overview of the existing theories and the recent “eco” component
• Step-by-step development of a linear stability analysis for free bars in straight channels
• Bars in real rivers: processes, forms and implications for river behavior
• Numerical modelling of river bars eco-morphodynamics

Programme: see the programme attached

Duration: 32 hours (4 credits)

Registration: please send an email and CV to dicamphd [at] unitn.it, and specify if you would like to participate in presence or online.