Ven Te Chow Hydrosystems Lab: Basic Research @ The U of I

Basic Research

RIVERS

Flow Characteristics of Vegetated Channels • River Morphodynamics • Pool-riffles • ADV Flow Turbulence Performance Curves

SEDIMENT DYNAMICS

Turbidity Currents • Sediment Resuspension • Wave-ripple Bedforms and Burial • Oscillatory-scour Bedforms and Burial • Flow-particle Interaction • Oscillatory Flow Fields

ENVIRONMENTAL HYDRAULICS

Turbulent Jets • Bubble Plumes • Density Current Deposits

CFD

Discontinuous Density Currents • Turbulent Jets • Bubble Plumes • River Morphodynamics • Sediment Transport Modeling • Bedforms

Definition: Basic research involves research into the how and why of hydraulics and hydrology. The Lab investigates basic research topics such as the influence of waves and ripples on object burial and discontinuous density currents. Basic research may be later applied to applied research.