<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Twelve predictive bedload sediment transport equations are rated against 14 sets of gravel-bed river field data collected by handheld bedload sampler in Narmab River, northeastern Iran. To evaluate these formulas two types of grain size namely bedload and bed material were used. The results show that the equations of Engelund and Hansen, Van Rijn and Einstein perform well with bed material grain size, while Shocklitsch, Meyer-Peter and Mueller, and Frijlink yield the best results using the bedload grain size.</p></abstract>

Twelve predictive bedload sediment transport equations are rated against 14 sets of gravel-bed river field data collected by handheld bedload sampler in Narmab River, northeastern Iran. To evaluate these formulas two types of grain size namely bedload and bed material were used. The results show that the equations of Engelund and Hansen, Van Rijn and Einstein perform well with bed material grain size, while Shocklitsch, Meyer-Peter and Mueller, and Frijlink yield the best results using the bedload grain size.

Bedload Equation Analysis Using Bed Load-Material Grain Size

Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University, Nathan, QLD 4111, Australia

Department of Irrigation and Reclamation Engineering, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran

Department of Water Engineering, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Golestan, Iran

Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics

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Twelve predictive bedload sediment transport equations are rated against 14 sets of gravel-bed river field data collected by handheld bedload sampler in Narmab...

Bedload Equation Analysis Using Bed Load-Material Grain Size

Publicado en línea: 24 ago 2013

Páginas: 241 - 249

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/johh-2013-0031

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