Estimation of Unsampled Sediment Discharge

by Jau-Yau Lu, Purdue Univ, United States,
Ruh-Ming Li, Purdue Univ, United States,



Document Type: Proceeding Paper

Part of: Sediment Transport Modeling

Abstract:

A procedure is developed to estimate the total bed material load without using the size distribution of suspended load. Because of the uncertainties involved in the calculation of the Rouse number in the concentration distribution, an optimization technique is used in this procedure to simplify the original modified H.A. Einstein method. Satisfactory agreement between the results from the simplified procedure and those from the original procedure is obtained for the field data tested. The proposed procedure can be used as an alternative method for estimating total bed material load when no gradation curve for the suspended sediment is available.

Subject Headings: Suspended loads | Bed loads | Bed materials | Suspended sediment | Sediment loads | Water discharge | Sediment

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