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Instability of erodible beds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2006

Frank Engelund
Affiliation:
Hydraulic Laboratory, Technical University of Denmark

Abstract

The stability of a sand bed in an alluvial channel is investigated by a two-dimensional mathematical model, based on the vorticity transport equation. The model takes account of the internal friction and describes the non-uniform distribution of the suspended sediment. It turns out that the inclusion of the friction and of a definite model of the sediment transport mechanism leads to results rather different from those obtained previously by potential-flow analysis.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 1970 Cambridge University Press

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