Abstract:
This experimental study was aimed at determining the effects of riprap size selection obtained from physical hydraulic modelling. Four uniformly graded sizes of local riprap material (nominal size of ½, ¾, 1½ and 2 inch), 3 levels of bed slope (2%, 5% and 10%) and 3 pairs of water flow rate and sediment flow rate were used in this investigation. The experiments of 23 cases and 66 data sets were performed in a rectangular flume (Width × Depth = 0.60 × 0.75 m.) of Coastal and Hydraulic Model Laboratory, Department of Water Resources Engineering, Chulalongkorn University. The experiment data were analysed by Froude Law of similitude. The analysis results showed that water discharge at the incipient riprap movement highly related to 3 major parameters consisting of riprap size, structure bed slope and angle of repose. The riprap size was found linearly proportional to the incipient flow rate. The bed slope and the angle of repose were found gradually proportional to the incipient flow rate. The riprap size obtained from modelling scaled by Froude Law of similitude was under-estimate and its calibration was gradually proportional to the scale ratio within a range of 1:8 to 1:1. Therefore, the riprap size selected from a physical hydraulic dimensional scaled model yielded a larger riprap size than from the Froude Law scaled.