Effect of Coarse Surface Layer on Bed-Load Transport

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Volumn 133, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1192-1205

  Bathurst, James C ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bed load; Bed materials; Experimental data; Field tests; Flumes; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

PIECEWISE LINEAR TECHNIQUES; WATER RESOURCES; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; RIVERS;

BED LOAD; BED MATERIALS; BED-LOAD TRANSPORT; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FIELD DATA SETS; FIELD TEST; FLUME; PHASE 2; SURFACE LAYERS; TRANSPORT RATE;

SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

BED MATERIALS; BED-LOAD TRANSPORT;

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; PIECEWISE LINEAR TECHNIQUES; RIVERS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

BEDLOAD; DATA SET; FLUME EXPERIMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SURFACE LAYER;

EID: 36448953525     PISSN: 07339429     EISSN: 19437900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(2007)133:11(1192)     Document Type: Article

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