Open AccessSAND TRANSPORT BY WAVES
Author(s) -
E.W. Bijker,
E. van Hijum,
P. Vellinga
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
proceedings of conference on coastal engineering/proceedings of ... conference on coastal engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2156-1028
pISSN - 0589-087X
DOI - 10.9753/icce.v15.67
Subject(s) - wave flume , flume , geotechnical engineering , sediment transport , mechanics , wave propagation , geology , physics , geomorphology , optics , flow (mathematics) , breaking wave , sediment
Sand transport parallel to the direction of wave propagation by waves of arbitrary form over a rippled bed has been investigated in a flume, at the Laboratory of Fluid Mechanics of the Dept. of Civ. Eng. of the Delft Univ. of Techn. The transport has been measured by means of a special procedure which does not disturb the process. The measured sand transport is related to the measured wave form parameters. The results indicate that the direction of net sand transport depends upon the form of the waves.