Application of spatiotemporal velocity method in concrete canals with vegetation patch

Understanding the interaction of flow and vegetation in open canals has a great impact on better implementation of environmental projects and hydraulic engineering. The purpose of this research is to apply spatiotemporal (spatial and temporal) averaging method in concrete canals in the presence of vegetation patches. Therefore, in this research, four reaches of irrigation canals with vegetation patches were investigated in Iran. The measured data includes flow velocity and reaches surveying. The results of spatiotemporal velocity profiles showed that the log-law fits nicely the measured velocity data near the bed with vegetation patches. The local values of velocity and shear velocity were compared with the unit value extracted from the double-averaged velocity profile. The results of this comparison showed that the percentage difference between the local values resulting from each flow velocity profile and the unit value of the spatiotemporal velocity is not significant in most cases. Thus, the spatiotemporal velocity method is able to reflect the characteristics of the entire flow conditions in concrete canals in the presence of vegetation patches.