Folder and file summary:

• RawData/
• ProcessedData/

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This repository contains data used in "Analysis of mechanical-hydraulic deposition control measures".

The data stem from laboratory experiments with the setup described in my PhD thesis (Schwindt 2017). Data processing was done with Python (see pydroscape) and Matlab / Octave codes.

Citation

Suggested citation:

Schwindt, S.; Franca, M. J.; De Cesare, G. & Schleiss, A. J. "Analysis of mechanical-hydraulic deposition control measures". Geomorphology, 2017, 295, 467-479. doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2017.07.020

LaTex / Bibtex Users:

@Article{schwindt17a,
  author    = {Schwindt, S and Franca, M J and {De Cesare}, G and Schleiss, A J},
  title     = {Analysis of mechanical-hydraulic deposition control measures},
  journal   = {Geomorphology},
  year      = {2017},
  volume    = {295},
  number    = {Supplement C},
  pages     = {467-479},
  issn      = {0169-555X},
  doi       = {10.1016/j.geomorph.2017.07.020},
  keywords  = {Bedload, check dam, Sediment flushing, sediment trap, self-emptying},
  owner     = {schwindt},
  timestamp = {2017.02.23},
  url       = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169555X17302969},
}

Codes

Signal processing was done with Python and the pydroscape) package. The data analyses where made with Matlab / Octave (.m) codes, where codes starting with an f[...].m mark files containing functions. All other .m files are algorithms that use these functions. Please note that all codes were originally written in Matlab and processing them with Octave may require adding pkg load io after the clear all; close all; statements in the codes.

Data structure and codes

The RawData/ folder contains the raw data from the ultrasonic probe loggers, pump discharge logger, flow velocity (where applicable), sediment supply/outflow loggers, and constriction geometry. The RawData/ExperimentOverview.xlsx workbook contains overview tables of the conducted experiments.

The ProcessedData/ folder contains data that where extracted from the RawData/ folder. Matlab / Octave (.m) codes in that folder were used for extracting / converting the raw data.

The ProcessedData/000_data_summary/ folder contains Matlab / Octave (.m) codes that created workbooks documenting spillway overflow and orifice clogging / flushing with both control mechanisms (hydraulic and mechanic, summary files are highlighted):

• 20161029_no-overflow_5_5_percent.xlsx contains experiment series that document sediment passage ;&Phi with varying discharge through the orifice of a (theoretically) infinitely high barrier (bottom slope = 5.5%, hydraulic control only).
• 20161029_unsteady.xlsx contains the raw data of sediment passage ;&Phi with varying discharge through the orifice of a (theoretically) infinitely high barrier (bottom slopes of 3.5% and 5.5%, hydraulic control only).
• 20161123_overflown-spillway_5_5_percent.xlsx contains experiment series that document sediment passage ;&Phi with varying discharge through the orifice of an overflown barrier with spillway (bottom slope = 5.5%, hydraulic control only).
• 20161123_unsteady_spillway.xlsx contains the dimensional data used in 20161123_overflown-spillway_5_5_percent.xlsx.
• 20161208_orifice_clogging.xlsx document the sediment passage Q_bo through mechanical and hydraulic controls at /in the overflown barrier.
• 20161208_summary_blockage_comb.xlsx documents finding the optimum bottom clearance for combined hydraulic-mechanical controls.
• 20161211_summary_blockage_f.xlsx documents finding the optimum bottom clearance of mechanical control.
• blockage_probability.xlsx documents the sediment passage with variable sediment supply. This is not a summary table though, but highlighted here because it contains more information than explored in the paper. These information may be valuable for other studies.
• Exp_NNNNN_[...].xlsx are the experimental summary files resulting from the RawData/

The ProcessedData/001_regression_analysis/ folder contains workbooks and Matlab / Octave (.m) codes for data regression (curves) shown in figures and tables. The workbooks explore multiple regression pairs beyond the ones shown in the paper.

The ProcessedData/002_plots/ folder contains Matlab / Octave (.m) codes for producing the plots (figures) for the paper.