Verification and proposal of the modification of the method for the establishment of the erosion terminant

Abstract

The aim of the paper is to inform the professional public about a conducted experiment, its results and recommendations for further scientific assessment and practice. The experiment deals with the basis for a proposal of a prognostic method concerning reservoir bank line retreat caused by waves and the related bank erosion. During the experiment we found discrepancies between the assumed (calculated) values of the height level of erosion terminant (the point in the reservoir bank area where the erosion spontaneously stops) and the measured values. Therefore, we have reached the conclusion, which is presented in the paper, leading to a proposal for a modification of the basic equation for the calculation of the erosion terminant.

Keywords

• reservoir
• bank
• waves
• erosion
• water
• stabilisation