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SEDIMENT TRANSPORT
DURING FLOODS IN
TUSCANY
Francalanci Simona 1, Paris Enio 2, Solari Luca 2, Minatti Lorenzo 1, Giorgio Valentino Federici
CERAFRI Center of Research and Advanced Education for Hydrogeological Risk Prevention, Via XI
Febbraio 2, 55040 Retignano di Stazzema (LU), Italy.
2
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Florence, Via S.Marta 3, 50139 Firenze (FI),
Italy.
1
Severe coastal erosion is affecting the Region of Tuscany (Central Italy) since the middle of last
century. In order to plan and design the mitigation measures, the Regional Administration has
funded a project aimed to assess both the quantity and quality of sediment delivery to the sea.
of
events
TUSCANY
Drainage
area
Total
basinarea
atthestation
[km2]
[km2]
[mm]
atthestation
D50
Versilia
12
96
106
29.0
Magra
524
1698
49.5
Serchio
16
1355
1565
33.0
Arno
4083
8186
30.8
AIMS:
- develop flow-sediment rating curves for the monitoring stations;
- Investigate similarity laws of sediment transport in the Tuscany river basins.
Florence
a
Tirreno Se
o
F. Arn
Rosano bridge
Sample verticals
A = 4083 Km 2
gauging station
no
Ar
F.
Rosano
FIELD PHASE
Instruments are controlled from bridge
by a mobile crane and by a cable-and-reel system
THE METHODOLOGY
TO DEVELOP
THE SEDIMENT RATING
CURVE
Laboratory phase
Grain size distribution of bed material - bedload samples
and concentration of the suspended sediments
Modeling phase
Compute flow and sediment discharge
from field measurements Modeling flood events and sediment
transport dynamics - Development of sediment rating curves
(*)
RATING CURVE
Comparisons of experimental data with existing sediment transport equations
(Parker, 1990; Powell Reid & Laronne, 2001; Wilcock & Crowe, 2003;
Smith & Mc-Lean, 1977; Van Rijn, 1984) have been carried out.
In terms of total load the equation of Ackers & White (1973) in the modified
version by White & Day (1982) has proved to be reliable.
Q s [Kg/s]
measured
data
Q [m3/s]
CONCLUSIONS
Despite the large difference in the drainage areas (from 96 km2 to 4083 km2)
and bed sediment sizes (D50 from 29 mm to 50 mm), results show the rating
curves (total sediment discharge vs. flow discharge) made dimensionless with
appropriate scaling factors overlap, thus suggesting the existence of common
scaling laws.
The common scaling laws can be used to extend the flow sediment
relationships from monitored to non-monitored rivers.
Prediction of total sediment transport in the Tuscany basins by using a unique
(or regional) sediment rating curve is under investigation