Kinoshita Meandering Flume

The Kinoshita flume is 60-cm wide, 40-cm deep, and a centerline length of 33.0 m. The flume consists of three skewed meander bends, each 10-m long.

The Kinoshita channel allows the study of the hydrodynamic and morphodynamics for the case of high-amplitude, periodic and asymmetric planform configuration1, 2. Its high-sinuosity would aid in the understanding of morphodynamic conditions prior to cutoff. The facility was design to recirculate water and sediment in both directions.

Design view of flume

Design view of flume

 

1 Abad, JD, Garcia, MH. 2009 Experiments in a high-amplitude Kinoshita meandering channel: 1. Implications of bend orientation on mean and turbulent flow structure. Water Resources Research, 45(2), W02401.

2 Abad, JD, Garcia, MH. 2009 Experiments in a high-amplitude Kinoshita meandering channel: 2. Implications of bend orientation on bed morphodynamics. Water Resources Research, 45(2), W02402.