Sediment Transport A Geophysical Phenomenon /

• Main Authors: Gyr, Albert (Author), Hoyer, Klaus (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Sedimentology.; Geophysics.; Thermodynamics.; Heat engineering.; Heat transfer.; Mass transfer.; Continuum mechanics.; Fluid mechanics.; Mechanical engineering.; Mechanical Engineering.; Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer.; Engineering Fluid Dynamics.; Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials.; Geophysics/Geodesy.

A major part of this sediment transport representation closely follows the progress made in understanding the interactions between a turbulent flow and transportable solid particles. Introducing new aspects found in the research of turbulent flows, this book updates the theory of sediment transport,...

Table of Contents:

• The classical representation of the sediment transport
• Turbulence and the statistical aspects of the sediment transport
• Saturation and asymptotic states
• Problematic issues
• Scales
• Roughness and roughness elements
• Flow separation, topology, and vortical dynamics
• Fine-sand dynamics
• Mixtures of medium grain sizes
• Gravel beds
• Data and strategies to calculate sediment transport
• References.