SEDIMENT TRANSPORTATION MECHANICS: FUNDAMENTALS OF SEDIMENT TRANSPORTATION

DATA FROM FIELD AND LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS OF SEDIMENTATION PROBLEMS ARE PRESENTED AND COMPARED WITH A VIEW TO CLARIFYING SOME OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF ALLUVIAL STREAMS. WHEN POSSIBLE, DATA ARE COMPARED WITH THEORETICAL RESULTS. THE PERTINENT VARIABLES GOVERNING SEDIMENT TRANSPORTATION ARE GIVEN ALONG WITH A DISCUSSION OF THE PROBLEM OF SELECTING DEPENDENT AND INDEPENDENT VARIABLES. BED FORMS ARE THEN DISCUSSED THEORETICALLY AND SOME DATA ON BED FORMS IN STREAMS ARE GIVEN. THE SUBJECT OF STREAM FORMS IS MENTIONED. BASIC CONCEPTS ON WHICH THEORIES OF SEDIMENT TRANSPORTATION ARE BASED ARE DISCUSSED AND SOME OBSERVED RELATIONS ARE NOT EXPLAINED BY THE THEORIES ARE PRESENTED. DATA AND IDEAS ON THE COMPARATIVE SIZES BED SEDIMENT AND SEDIMENT LOAD AREPRESENTED AND DISCUSSED IN THE LIGHT OF STREAM-BED ARMORING. THE EFFECT OF WATER TEMPERATURE ON SEDIMENT MOVEMENT IS COVERED. /ASCE/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 97, No HY12, PROC PAPER 8591, PP 1979-7022, 26 FIG, 2
• Publication Date: 1971-12

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Journal of the Hydraulics Division
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alluvium; Sedimentation; Streambeds; Streams; Temperature; Theory; Water
• Subject Areas: Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00204402
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 15 1972 12:00AM