简介：Rivericeisanimportanthydraulicelementintemperateandpolarenvironmentsandwouldaffecthydrodynamicconditionsofriversthroughchangesbothintheboundaryconditionsandthethermalregime.Theriverbendhasbeenreportedasthecommonlocationfortheinitiationoficejamsbecausethewaterflowalongariverbendismarkedlyaffectedbythechannelcurvature.Inthisarticle,theexperimentalstudiesabouttheiceaccumulationinariverbendarereviewed.Basedonexperimentsconductedsofar,thecriteriafortheformationoficejamsintheriverbend,themechanismsoftheiceaccumulationintheriverbendandthethicknessprofileoftheiceaccumulationintheriverbendarediscussed.Thetwo-equationturbulencemodelisusedtosimulatetheiceaccumulationunderanicecoveralongariverbend.Aformulaisproposedfordescribingthedeformationoftheicejambottom.Ourresultsindicatethatallsimulatedthicknessoftheiceaccumulationagreesreasonablywellwiththemeasuredthicknessoftheiceaccumulationinthelaboratory.