A FEW TESTS ON THE MOTION-THRESHOLD OF SOLID GRAINS UNDER AN OSCILLATORY FLUID MOTION

Andre Martinot-Lagarde, Andre Fauquet

Abstract


A few remarks are made about the similarity of the conditions for the initiation of motion of sand grains on a bed when these grains are acted upon by either a steady flow or by waves.

Keywords


sediment transport; Bagnold formula; oscillatory water motion

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