Measurement of mixing characteristics of the Missouri River between Sioux City, Iowa, and Plattsmouth, Nebraska
Water Supply Paper
1899-G
By: Nobuhiro Yotsukura, Hugo B. Fischer, and William W. Sayre
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Abstract
Measurements of longitudinal dispersion, transverse mixing, channel geometry, and transverse velocity distribution were made in the Missouri River at a flow of about 33,000 cubic feet per second. The results show that the longitudinal dispersion coefficient for the 141-mile reach from Sioux City, Iowa, to Plattsmouth, Nebr., is about 16,000 square feet per second (approximately 5,600 U*d, where U* is the shear velocity and d is mean depth). The transverse mixing coefficient, Ez, for a 6-mile reach immediately downstream from Blair, Nebr., is about 1.3 square feet per second (approximately 0.6 U*d). The value of the longitudinal dispersion coefficient is one of the largest ever measured, and the value of the ratio Ez/U*d is approximately three times as large as that frequently reported for small straight channels.
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Measurement of mixing characteristics of the Missouri River between Sioux City, Iowa, and Plattsmouth, Nebraska |
| Series title | Water Supply Paper |
| Series number | 1899 |
| Chapter | G |
| DOI | 10.3133/wsp1899G |
| Edition | - |
| Year Published | 1970 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Publisher | U.S. G.P.O., |
| Description | iv, 29 p. :ill. ;24 cm. |
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