Sediment Transport : A Geophysical Phenomenon

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Sediment Transport : A Geophysical Phenomenon

by Albert Gyr and Klaus Hoyer

(Fluid mechanics and its applications, 82)

Springer, 2006

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Description

This textbook discusses the fundamental principles of sediment transport in the geophysical context of rivers. It is intended as both a course textbook and as a guide for the practical engineer. It begins begin by describing phenomena such as bed load and suspension transport from a classical perspective. Concepts from turbulent flow regime are introduced to address the limitations of the classical approach to various aspects of sediment transport.

Table of Contents

  • 1 Introduction, 1.2 The phenomenon and its main parameters
  • 1.3 The topography of a drainage area
  • 1.4 Modeling the phenomenon
  • 2. The classical representation of the sediment transport
  • 2.1 The representation of the flow
  • 2.2 The classical bed load theories
  • 3 Turbulence and the statistical aspects of the sediment transport
  • 3.1 The incipient motion
  • 3.2 Statistical bed load models
  • 3.3 Transport in suspension
  • 3.4 The total sediment transport
  • 3.5 Critical remarks
  • 4 Saturation and asymptotic states
  • 4.1 Sediment transport as a dynamical process
  • 4.2 Hypotheses of extremum principle
  • 4.3 The expanded description of grass
  • 4.4 Limitations
  • 5 Problematic issues
  • 5.1 Assumptions and consequences of rheological nature
  • 5.2 Non-local properties of the flow field
  • 5.3 Non-linear processes
  • 6 Scales
  • 6.1 The river as a system and its hydrological scales
  • 6.2 The scaling of the turbulent flow
  • 7 Roughness and roughness elements
  • 7.1 Similarity consideration in the Range of constant wallshear stress
  • 7.2 Sand roughness
  • 7.3 d-roughness
  • 7.4 Real roughness
  • 8 Flow-separation, topology and vortical dynamics
  • 8.1 Flow separation
  • 8.2 Basics in topology
  • 8.3 Separation bubbles
  • 8.4 Vortex tubes and vortex interactions
  • 9 Fine-sand dynamics
  • 9.1 Stable beds and incipient motion
  • 9.2 Sediment stripes as a bed form
  • 9.3 The arrowhead like bed forms
  • 9.4 The ripple formation
  • 9.5 Dunes of fine-sand
  • 9.6 Antidunes
  • 10 Mixtures of medium grain sizes
  • 10.1 Armoring
  • 10.2 Turbulence dominated sediment transport
  • 10.3 Sediment transport dominated by separation
  • 10.4 Induced secondary flows
  • 10.5 Bed forms due to sorting effects
  • 11 Gravel beds
  • 11.1 Transport processes on gravel beds
  • 11.2 Separation versus turbulence
  • 11.3 Bed forms in gravel beds
  • 11.4 Complexity and outlooks
  • 12 Data and strategies to calculate sediment transport
  • 12.1 The input parameters
  • 12.2 Coherent structures
  • 12.3 Turbulent flows
  • 12.4 Flow with separations
  • 12.5 Suspended load
  • 12.6 The significance of experiments for the simulations
  • 13 Literature
  • 14 Appendix
  • 14.1 Albert Einstein's letter of recommendation for his son
  • 14.2 Tables
  • 14.3 Graphs
  • 14.4 Symbols
  • 15 Subject Index

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  • NCID
    BA79371269
  • ISBN
    • 1402050151
  • Country Code
    ne
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Dordrecht
  • Pages/Volumes
    xi, 283 p.
  • Size
    25 cm
  • Classification
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