Fish Swimming in Turbulent Waters: Hydraulic Engineering Guidelines to Assist Upstream Passage of Small-Bodied Fish Species in Standard Box Culverts

ISBN-13: 9780367546069 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 182 str.

Hubert Chanson; Xinqian Leng

Opis

Low-level river crossings, incl. culverts, are known to have negative impacts on freshwater river system morphology and ecology, including the blockage of upstream fish passage. Given the enormous environmental problems created by road crossings, new hydraulic engineering guidelines are proposed for fish-friendly multi-cell box culvert designs.

Spis treści

Foreword by Emeritus Professor Colin J. Apelt 1 Introduction 1.1 Presentation 1.2 Impact of road crossings 1.3 Culvert design, construction, and operation 1.4 Structure of the monograph 2 Hydraulic engineering design of standard box culverts – current practice 2.1 Presentation 2.2 Design method and procedure 2.3 Hands-on application 2.4 Practical considerations 3 Fish passage in standard box culverts 3.1 Presentation 3.2 Physical modeling of fish passage: basic dimensional considerations and similitude 3.3 Fish behavior and kinematics in a box culvert barrel 3.4 Discussion 4 Hydraulic engineering design for upstream fish passage in standard box culverts: general concepts and design guidelines 4.1 Presentation 4.2 Basic concepts 4.3 Implementation of basic concepts 4.4 Design methodology 4.5 Simplified design guidelines 4.6 Discussion 5 Design application 5.1 Presentation 5.2 Case study 5.3 Detailed application 5.4 Commentary and discussion 6 Discussion and practical considerations 6.1 General commentaries 6.2 Boundary treatments 6.3 Selection of the threshold discharge QT 6.4 Box versus pipe culverts 7 Conclusion Appendices Appendix A Glossary of technical terms Appendix B Hydraulic calculations of natural flood plain and less-than-design flow in a box culvert Appendix C On physical modeling of fish passage in standard box culverts Appendix D Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling of a fish-friendly standard box culvert barrel Appendix E On alternatives to improve the upstream passage of small-body-mass fish, including retrofitting Appendix F Digital appendix: video movies of culvert operation and small-bodied fish swimming in box culvert channels