STABILITY OF CHANNEL BEDS BY ARMORING

An experimental study of channel armoring formed the basis for an empirical technique to determine, for a given logarithmic-normal sediment distribution and for given hydraulic flow properties: (1) If the sediment bed will armor; and (2) if the sediment bed should armor, what will be the geometric mean diameter and standard deviation of the armored surface particles? Conversely, from this technique stable armored channels can be designed for a given earth material by the proper choice of channel dimensions that affect hydraulic parameters. /Author/

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  American Society of Civil Engineers

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• Authors:
  • Little, W C
  • Mayer, P G
• Publication Date: 1976-11

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 1647-61
• Serial:
  • Journal of the Hydraulics Division
  • Volume: 102
  • Issue Number: HY11
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Hydraulics; Sediments; Stability (Mechanics); Strata
• Old TRIS Terms: Armor; Beds /geology/; Channels
• Subject Areas: Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00148393
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: ASCE #12519
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 30 1977 12:00AM