New experiments with graded sand were conducted in the large oscillating tunnel of Delft Hydraulics. The measured transport rates show that size gradation of sand particles has a small effect on the total net transport rates. However, the transport rates of individual grain-size fractions are strongly affected due to the interactions between the sizes. Finer sizes in the mixture are less transported as part of a mixture than as `uniform' material. Moreover, the transported sand mixture is coarser than the original sand bed. Comparing the new experimental results with three different transport models show that using the hiding/exposure correction factor of Day with the model of Ribberink leads to better predictions for the composition of the transported sand. The model of Dibajnia & Watanabe overestimates the transport rates of the two fractions under investigation. The model of Bailard overestimates the transport rates and the contribution of the fine fraction in the transported sand.


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    Title :

    Size-Gradation Effect on Sand Transport Rates under Oscillatory Sheet-Flows


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Fourth Conference on Coastal Dynamics ; 2001 ; Lund, Sweden


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    2001-05-18




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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