Overview
Description
Application of fluid mechanics to develop a process-based description of sediment transport and erosion in both alluvial and bedrock rivers.
Requirements
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Spring - Odd Years
Terms
spring
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- quantitatively describe flow hydraulics, sediment transport, and erosion.
- calculate expected incipient sediment motion, sediment flux, and erosion/deposition for a given set of conditions.
- use basic instrumentation to measure water discharge and velocity in the field, and make sediment transport calculations from field measurements.