Bed-Load Sediment Transport on Steep Longitudinal Slopes
Publication: Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
Volume 123, Issue 12
Abstract
The results of new experiments on bed load transport on steep longitudinal slopes are presented. The experiments were carried out in a large tilting duct with a fine sand (d50= 208 μm) covering the range of slope angles β of ± angle of repose for the sand ϕs (32°). Measurements included bed shear-stress, flow discharge, and the sediment pickup rate on slopes. The results suggest that existing theories for bed load transport on slopes are not adequate for all bed slopes and the new data are used to formulate a semiempirical relation that satisfactorily predicts the transport rate on horizontal as well as mild and steep slopes. The following are two important findings: (1) Correcting the threshold term (for slope) in the Meyer-Peter and Müller formula adequately describes the transport rate on positive slopes (elevation increasing in direction of flow) and on small negative slopes. On steeper negative slopes an extra correction term is required, although the value of β/ϕs at which this term becomes necessary is a function of shear stress; and (2) the influence of slope vanishes at high shear stresses.
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Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
Volume 123 • Issue 12 • December 1997
Pages: 1130 - 1138
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Copyright © 1997 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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