Sediment Transport Due to Oscillatory Waves,

Abstract

Experiments have been completed which were used to outline a method of estimating the amount of sediment in suspension in an oscillating flow such as found near the ocean floor offshore of the breaker zone. The waves causing this suspension were assumed to be of small amplitude and relatively large length, permitting the linearization of the equations of motion and allowing a simpler experimental apparatus. The method of estimating sediment suspension is based on an equilibrium equation of sediment flux similar to the equation proposed by Einstein (1950) for sediment suspension in unidirectional steady flow. (Modified author abstract)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0773463

Entities

People

  • Thomas C. Macdonald

Organizations

  • University of California, Berkeley

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Amplitude
  • Equations
  • Equations Of Motion
  • Flow
  • Mathematics
  • Offshore
  • Regions
  • Seabed
  • Sedimentation
  • Sediments
  • Steady Flow
  • Transport Ships

Readers

  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Coastal Oceanography
  • Control Systems Engineering.