Mechanics of Sediment Transport and Sediment Laden Flows. 2. Sediment Gravity Flow.

Hydraulic roughness in sediment-laden flow

Sediment Transport in Unsteady Flow Conditions

Sediment transport under unsteady flow condition is studied experimentally. In the first step, sediment transport under different steady flow conditions was measured and an empirical equation was derived for its calculation. In the next step, two continuous and three stepwise hydrographs were generated in the flume, and their sediment transport rate was measured. The continuous hydrographs were...

Subaqueous sediment gravity flows undergoing progressive solidification

Highly concentrated sediment flows may occur following failures of loosely compacted, granular slopes underwater or in waterfront areas. The mobility of such sediment flows is of considerable interest to the integrity of coastal fills, underwater pipelines and other such marine facilities. However, the physics of highly concentrated sediment-water mixtures is complex in nature and calls for mor...

Analysis of Velocity Lag in Sediment-laden Open Channel Flows

Laboratory experiments have recently confirmed that the streamwise particle velocity is largely less than that of the fluid in sediment-laden flows. This velocity lag is investigated analytically in the present study based on the drag force exerting on a particle in the presence of other neighbors. The normalized drag force or the hindrance coefficient is found generally dependent on the partic...

Turbulent Shear Stress in Heterogeneous Sediment-laden Flows

Current knowledge of the mechanics of alluvial channels depends very largely on calculations of turbulent shear stresses; typical examples are the beginning of motion of sediment particles and sediment transport in alluvial channels. If shear stress can be well defined in clear-water flows, comparatively little is known about shear stresses in sediment-laden flows. Einstein and Chien (1955) pro...