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SEDIMENT TRANSPORT MECHANISMS IN COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS AND RIVERS

Proceedings of the EUROMECH 310 Conference
    https://doi.org/10.1142/9789814533966Cited by:4 (Source: Crossref)
    Abstract:

    The Table of Contents for the full book PDF is as follows:

    • Preface

    • 1. Turbulence and Transition

      • Structure of Turbulence Over Two-Dimensional Dunes

      • Numerical Study on Transition to Turbulence in a Wave Boundary Layer

      • On the Mass Transport Near the Bed and the Turbulence Characteristics in Steep Waves

    • 2. Numerical and Analytical Modelling

      • Suspension of Sand in Oscillatory Flow Above Ripples: Discrete-Vortex Model and Laboratory Experiments

      • Subharmonic Edge Wave Excitation by Waves Incident on Partially Absorbing Beaches

      • The Dynamics of Particle-Laden Fluid Elements

      • Sediment Suspension Modelling in terms of Combined Convection Diffusion

      • Bed Load Transport in Oscillatory Flow

      • Numerical Modelling of Three-Dimensional Cohesive Sediment Transport in an Estuarine Environment

      • A Numerical Model for Suspended Sediment in Combined Currents and Waves

      • Measurement and Modeling of Near-Bed Sediment Transport

      • Settlement: A Sedimentary Process

      • Application of the Method of Characteristics to a 2-DH 2-Layer Model for Sedimentation in Reservoirs

      • Prediction of Shoreline Change and Grain-Size Sorting at the Sendai Bay Coast

      • Numerical Approach to Hydraulic Jump in Non-Prismatic Channels

    • 3. Laboratory Studies

      • Saltation Heights in Channel Flows

      • Measurement of the Velocity of Sedimentation by an X-Ray Attenuation Technique

      • Flow Regime and Eddy Structures into a Boundary Layer Generated by the Swell Above a Rippled Bed

      • Mass Transport over Rippled Beds

      • Laboratory Experiments on Sediment Erosion Induced by Partially Standing Waves

      • Bed Shear Stress Study in the Neighbourhood of a Near-Wall Cylinder in Waves

      • Diameter Particle Measurements by using Spectral Interpolation Method Applied to Extrema Detection

      • The Behaviour, Interaction and Effect of Depositing Grains

      • Breaking Waves-Plunging Point and Its Effects

    • 4. Ripple Dynamics

      • Grain Sorting Over Ripples: Preliminary Results of an Experimental Investigation

      • Formation of Sand Ridges: An Instability Mechanism

      • On the Initiation of Bed Deformation of a Meandering Stream

    • 5. Site Investigations

      • A Field Study of Wave-Current Interactions Over a Rippled Sand Bed

      • Sand Transport on Macrotidal Beaches

      • Sediment Suspension by Turbulence in the Surf Zone

      • Stabilising a Riverbed by Local Widening — A Case Study of the River Emme, Switzerland

      • Suspended Sediment Concentrations Near the Seabed in North Sea Storms

      • On Nuclear Gauging of Natural Streams