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Sediment transport : monitoring, modeling, and management / editors, Abdul A. Khan and Weiming Wu, editors.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Nova Science Publishers Inc., [2013]Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781626187764
  • 1626187762
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Sediment transportDDC classification:
  • 551.3/03 23
LOC classification:
  • TC175.2
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
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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.

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