SEDIMENT TRANSPORT: NEW APPROACH AND ANALYSIS

THE RELATIONSHIP OF SEDIMENT TRANSPORT TO FLUID FLOW IS CONSIDERED. PHYSICAL REASONING LEADS TO DIMENSIONLESS GROUPINGS OF THE VARIABLES WHICH ARE DIFFERENT FOR COARSE SEDIMENT AND FOR FINE SEDIMENT, BECAUSE OF DISSIMILAR MODES OF TRANSPORT. THIS CONCEPT PROVIDES A BASIS FOR A NEW ANALYSIS OF DATA FROM FLUME EXPERIMENTS, AND A METHOD FOR DEALING WITH TRANSITIONAL SIZES OF SEDIMENT IS SUGGESTED. THE ANALYSIS OF EXPERIMENTAL DATA SUPPORTS THE THEORY PUT FORWARD AND PREDICTIVE EQUATIONS ARE DERIVED WHICH RELATE TOTAL SEDIMENT FLUX TO MEASURABLE PROPERTIES OF FLOW. A PRELIMINARY COMPARISON IS MADE WITH OBSERVATIONS FROM OTHER SOURCES, INCLUDING NATURAL RIVERS. /ASCE/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • PROC PAPER NO 10167 4 APP
• Authors:
  • Ackers, P
  • WHITE, W R
• Publication Date: 1973-11

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 204-54
• Serial:
  • Journal of the Hydraulics Division
  • Volume: 99
  • Issue Number: hy11
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Channels (Waterways); Equations; Flow; Fluid dynamics; Loads; Rivers; Sediments
• Uncontrolled Terms: Fluid flow
• Old TRIS Terms: Bed load
• Subject Areas: Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00204532
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 27 1974 12:00AM