Resistance Properties Of Sediment-Laden Streams

1 January 1960

journal article
Published by American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) in Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers

Vol. 125 (1) , 1140-1167
https://doi.org/10.1061/taceat.0007902

Abstract

Experiments were made to determine the relative effects on the friction factor of a flow of the suspended sediment load and the configurations which form on sand beds of streams. Results showed that the friction factor of a stream carrying suspended sediment is less than a comparable one without sediment. They also showed that the reduction of friction factor due to changes in bed configuration is much larger than that due to suspended sediment.

Keywords

SEDIMENT
FLOW
LOAD
CONFIGURATION
STREAM
SAND
BED
SUSPENDED
MADE
LADEN