TY - BOOK AU - Khan,Abdul A. AU - Wu,Weiming TI - Sediment transport: monitoring, modeling, and management SN - 9781626187764 AV - TC175.2 U1 - 551.3/03 23 PY - 2013///] CY - New York PB - Nova Science Publishers Inc. KW - Sediment transport KW - SCIENCE KW - Earth Sciences KW - Sedimentology & Stratigraphy KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - 7 KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data ; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; Chapter 1 FORMATION OF RIPPLES AND DUNES ON A GRANULAR BED SHEARED BY A LIQUID FLOW ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; INITIAL BEDFORMS: LINEAR STABILITY ANALYSIS ; Basic State ; Perturbations ; Conservation Equations ; Normal Modes and Solution ; Analysis ; Experiments ; EVOLUTION OF BEDFORMS: NONLINEAR ANALYSIS ; Weakly Nonlinear Approach; Experiments ; SCALES OF RIVER DUNES: FREE SURFACE EFFECTS ; Free Surface Flow ; Celerity of Dunes ; Length Scale of Dunes ; Experiment and Field Measurements; CONCLUSION REFERENCES ; Chapter 2 THE STATE OF THE ART IN SCOUR MONITORING ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; POINT SCOUR MEASUREMENT METHODS ; Sounding Rods ; Float-Out Devices ; Magnetic Sliding Collars ; Sonar/Fathometer ; Time Domain Reflectometry ; Fiber Optics ; Temperature Measurements ; Piezoelectric Film Sensors ; Mercury Tip Switches ; DISTRIBUTED SCOUR MEASUREMENT METHODS ; Radar ; Bridge Vibration Measurements ; Advanced Sonar Techniques ; SUMMARY ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; REFERENCES ; Chapter 3 TEMPORAL PIER SCOUR EVOLUTION UNDER STEPPED HYDROGRAPHS ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION; BACKGROUND Sediment Characteristics ; Hydraulic Parameters ; Critical Condition for Sediment Motion ; Pier Geometry and Alignment ; Scour Hole Geometry ; Equilibrium Scour Depth Equations ; Temporal Scour Evolution ; EXPERIMENTAL SETUP AND PROCEDURE ; Experimental Setup ; Initial Calculations and Procedure ; Experimental Procedure for Steady Flow Tests ; Experimental Procedure for Unsteady Flow Tests ; STEADY FLOW EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS ; Logarithmic and Power Law Fit to Scour Depth Evolution ; Prediction of Equilibrium and Temporal Scour Depth ; Scour Hole Similarity; UNSTEADY FLOW EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS Method of Superposition ; Temporal Scour Predictions ; Final Scour Predictions ; Scour Hole Similarity ; CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES ; Chapter 4 FUNDAMENTALS AND MODELING OF COHESIVE SEDIMENT TRANSPORT ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; COHESIVE SEDIMENT PROPERTIES ; Sediment Definition ; Size Classification ; Composition ; Cohesion ; Flocculation ; Settling Speed ; Sediment Bed Properties; COHESIVE SEDIMENT TRANSPORT PROCESSES ; Advection and Diffusion ; Erosion ; Deposition ; Bed Formation ; OVERVIEW OF COHESIVE SEDIMENT TRANSPORT MODELING; A CASE STUDY OF MIXED SEDIMENT TRANSPORT MODELING Background ; Modeling Approach ; Selection of Seasonal Storm Events; Application of Numerical Models ; Modeling Results ; SUMMARY ; REFERENCES ; Chapter 5 NON-EQUILIBRIUM SEDIMENT TRANSPORT MODELING -- FORMULATIONS AND CLOSURES ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; GOVERNING EQUATIONS ; 3-D Flow and Suspended-Load Transport Equations ; Depth-averaged Flow and Sediment Transport Equations ; Near-Bed Sediment Exchange and Bed Change Equations ; Bed Material Sorting Equation; AUXILIARY RELATIONS ; Turbulence Closure ; Channel Roughness UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=607813 ER -