Principles of sediment transport in rivers, estuaries and coastal seas

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Author(s): van Rijn, L.C.
Year: 1993

Language: English
Pages: 690

Table of Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 12
1- Introduction......Page 14
2- Fluid velocities and bed shear stresses......Page 21
3- Fluid and sediment properties......Page 73
4- Initiation of motion and suspension......Page 93
5- Bed forms......Page 129
6- Effective roughness......Page 187
7- Bed material suspension and transport in steaey uniform currents......Page 215
8- Bed material suspension and transport in waves......Page 326
9- Bed material suspension and transport in combined waves and currents......Page 403
10- Bed materrial transport, erosion and deposition in non-steady and non-uniform flow......Page 441
11- Transport of cohesive material......Page 471
12- Mathematical models of sediment transport......Page 519
13- Measuring instruments for sediment transport, settling velocity and bulk density......Page 582
Appendix A TRANSPOR......Page 668
Appendix B - Sand trasport in closed conduits......Page 678
Appendix C - Side-wall correction method of Vanoni-Brooks......Page 682
Appendix D - Pollution aspects of sedimnets......Page 684