Abstract
Flow and sediment transport are important in relation to several engineering topics. e.g. erosion around structures. backfilling of dredged channels and nearshore morphological change. The purpose of the present book is to describe both the basic hydrodynamics and the basic sediment transport mechanism. The reader's background should be a basic course in wave theory and fluid mechanics. Chapter 1 deals with fundamentals in fluid mechanics with emphasis on bed shear stress by currents, while Chapter 3 focuses on bed shear stress by waves. They are both written \vith a view to sediment transpor t .
Sediment transport in ri,·ers, cross-shore and longshore are dealt with in Chapters :2, 4 and .), respectively.
It is not the intention of the book to give a broad review of the literature on this very wide topic. The book tries to pick up informat ion which is of engineering importance. r\n obstacle to the study of sedimentation is the scale effect in model tests. Whenever small-scale tests, large-scale tests and fie ld itwcstigations are a \·ailable. it is a lways t he result from field inves tigations which is referred to.
Sediment transport in ri,·ers, cross-shore and longshore are dealt with in Chapters :2, 4 and .), respectively.
It is not the intention of the book to give a broad review of the literature on this very wide topic. The book tries to pick up informat ion which is of engineering importance. r\n obstacle to the study of sedimentation is the scale effect in model tests. Whenever small-scale tests, large-scale tests and fie ld itwcstigations are a \·ailable. it is a lways t he result from field inves tigations which is referred to.
| Original language | English |
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| Publisher | Aalborg Universitetsforlag |
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| Edition | 1 |
| Number of pages | 74 |
| Publication status | Published - 1998 |
| Externally published | Yes |