Bedload and Size Distribution in Paved Gravel-Bed Streams
- 1 April 1982
- journal article
- Published by American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) in Journal of the Hydraulics Division
- Vol. 108 (4) , 544-571
- https://doi.org/10.1061/jyceaj.0005854
Abstract
Field data are used to study the size distribution of bedload in paved gravel-bed streams. Similarity analysis yields the results that all grain size ranges are of approximately equal transportability when the critical condition for breaking the pavement is exceeded. This result is only approximately correct due to deviations from similarity. However, it is adequate to justify development of a method for calculating total bedload, which requires only the subpavement median grain size rather than the size distribution. A method for calculating bedload size distribution that accounts for deviation from similarity is also developed.Keywords
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