Accession Number:

AD1003843

Title:

Sediment Size and Fall Velocity Effects on Longshore Sediment Transport

Descriptive Note:

Technical Report

Corporate Author:

U. S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station Vicksburg United States

Personal Author(s):

• Rosati,Julie D.

Report Date:

1985-06-01

Pagination or Media Count:

4.0

Abstract:

To present a method for estimating the dimensionless proportionality factor K used in the relationship for predicting cohensionless longshore sediment transport as given in the Shore Protection Manual SPM 1984 and presented as follows Equation 4-48 Il K P ls The suggested relationship for K will allow SPM equation 4-48 to be extended to sand beaches with varying sediment size and to non-sand beachesi.e. shell, cobble where sediment fall velocity is known.

Descriptors:

• sediment transport
• velocity
• sediments
• grain size
• coastal engineering

Subject Categories:

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE