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Accounting for Rough Bed Friction Factors of Mud Beds as a Result of Biological Activity in Erosion Experiments.
- Source :
- Journal of Hydraulic Engineering; Nov2012, Vol. 138 Issue 11, p979-984, 6p, 1 Diagram, 1 Chart, 3 Graphs
- Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- The average bed shear stress and bed friction factor of samples with any roughness was derived from the head loss between upstream and downstream of a test section in an erosion tunnel. The method was validated in both hydraulically smooth (plexiglass; Reynolds number less than 25,000) and rough regimes (calibrated particles with known roughness). As a first step toward using this method on natural sediment, this method was tested with experimental mesocosms assembled from field collected materials (sieved sediments; diatoms). Bed shear stress measurement precision was high enough in the experiments to detect a positive significant relationship between bed friction factor and core roughness. The observed bed friction factor increase could be related to diatom growth but not to diatoms biomass. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- FRICTION
MUD
SOIL erosion research
SURFACE roughness
REYNOLDS number
DIATOMS
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 07339429
- Volume :
- 138
- Issue :
- 11
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 83139899
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-7900.0000627