• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.51 no.1
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• pp.35-48
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• 2018

Groynes are installed generally to protect the riverside or the river bank from the erosion caused by water flows by controlling the flow direction and velocity in rivers. In the past, groynes were used to secure enough depth of water in canals. As there has been a growing interest in river restoration and the natural river maintenance since 2000, groynes are proposed as a major environmental hydraulic structure because the flow control and various river bed conditions around the groyne can contribute to habitat functions. Groynes are typically installed in a series. In designing groyne series, groyne spacing is an important factor because the flow changes in the main canal and the flow inside the groyne area occurs variably depending on the groyne spacing. This study provide information to determine the groyne spacing suitable for the purpose of the groyne by examining the flows that variably changes according to the groyne spacing and angle in the recirculation zone of the groyne field. In particular, the formation of vortex, the location of vortex core and the water flow near the river bank, all of which occur in the recirculation zone inside the groyne area, were mainly analyzed to examine the flow characteristics near the river bank that influences the safety of the river bank area. The results of the experiment will serve as important basic data to examine changes in the river bed inside the groyne area as well as the safety of river banks following the installation of groyne series.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.26 no.3B
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• pp.271-278
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• 2006

In design of groyne series, groyne spacing is a important factor and have an effect on not only the characteristics of backward and recirculation flow in groyne zone but also flow field in main channel. It is necessary study about flow pattern of recirculation zone and main channel that is a cause of bad change, local scour and bank erosion by groyne spacing. In this study, flow variation of groyne zone and main chanel for spacing of groynes were analyzed from the experiment results in order to offer a fundamental data that can be used to decide the proper groyne spacing. Experiments were conducted 12 cases for groyne spacing(L) by groyne length(l) rate and the velocity profile was measured using LSPIV and ADV. From the results, two vortex flows developed in recirculation zone for L/l=3~9 and three vortex flows developed over L/l=10. The velocity of backward flow in recirculation zone was decreased up to 20% over L/l=4. The velocity of main channel flow was increased from 1.3 to 2.0 times by groyne spacing and the rate of velocity increased by increasing groyne spacing. The maximum velocity occurred in 0.7~0.8 times of groyne spacing downstream of upper groyne.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.48 no.8
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• pp.635-645
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• 2015

The objective of this study is to examine the three-dimensional turbulent flows occurring in the meandering channel with presence of a groyne. A series of laboratory experiments are carried out in a meandering channel with trapezoidal cross sections. The channel is a 24.4 m long, 1.5 m wide, and the bottom slope in the longitudinal direction is 0.02. Two cases with and without the groyne are considered in the experiment. Three-dimensional velocity fields are measured using an acoustic Doppler velocimetry (ADV) at approximately sixty locations in each cross section. The measured velocity fields are averaged in time, and the time-averaged flow revealed that the mean velocity magnitude along the outer bank of the channel was reduced significantly and the direction of the primary flow was directed toward the center of the channel due to the presence of the groyne.