1960•Transactions of the American Society of Civil EngineersRequires access

Resistance Properties Of Sediment-Laden Streams

Vito A. Vanoni, George N. Nomicos

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Experiments were made to determine the relative effects on the friction factor of a flow of the suspended sediment load and the configurations which form on sand beds of streams. Results showed that the friction factor of a stream carrying suspended sediment is less than a comparable one without sediment. They also showed that the reduction of friction factor due to changes in bed configuration is much larger than that due to suspended sediment.

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Key concepts: STREAMS, Sediment, Friction factor, Suspended load, Geotechnical engineering, Flow resistance, Geology, Flow (mathematics)