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Empirical relations for the sediment transport capacity of interrill flow
Author(s) -
Everaert Wilfried
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
earth surface processes and landforms
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.294
H-Index - 127
eISSN - 1096-9837
pISSN - 0197-9337
DOI - 10.1002/esp.3290160604
Subject(s) - stream power , sediment transport , sediment , flow (mathematics) , erosion , environmental science , grain size , flow conditions , hydrology (agriculture) , soil science , geology , geotechnical engineering , geomorphology , mechanics , physics
Experiments were carried out in order to measure the sediment transport capacity of interrill flow with and without rainfall and to relate the transport capacity to selected hydraulic parameters, such as effective stream power and shear velocity. Different sediments were used in order to study the effect of grain size. The proposed relationships show considerable variations with grain size and there is only a minor effect of rainfall on the transport capacity which also seems to be grain size dependent. The proposed relationships can be used to predict sediment transport capacity of interrill flow and can therefore contribute to the development of physically based erosion models.