Effects of Surface Slope on Erosion Rates of Quartz Particles

Abstract

Modeling sediment erosion is important in a wide range of environmental problems. The effects of various environmental factors on erosion rates have been studied, but the effects of surface slope on erosion rates of a wide range of sediments have not been quantified. The effects of surface slope, both in the direction of flow (pitch) and perpendicular to the flow (roll), on erosion rates of quartz particles were investigated using the Sediment Erosion at Depth Flume (Sedflume).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA448005

Entities

People

  • Phillip Lodge

Organizations

  • University of California, Santa Barbara

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Bulk Materials
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Engineering
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Equations
  • Flow Rate
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Great Lakes
  • Hydrodynamics
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Particle Size
  • Particles
  • Shear Stresses
  • Three Dimensional
  • Turbulent Flow

Readers

  • Agricultural Chemistry/Soil Science
  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Geotechnical Engineering.