Abstract:
The authors present a comparative study of the transport behaviour of narrow-graded silica sand and likewise narrow-graded polystyrene granules, in which not all requirements of the similarity theory were fulfilled due to too large differences between grain sizes and grain densities. While complying with the requirements for hydraulic similarity, model scenarios with varying degrees of superelevation were determined, dynamic equilibrium states were generated in a straight channel for both materials and the spatio-temporal development of the bed topography was recorded by laser scanning. The bottom profiles generated from the measured data were examined for repetitive patterns and described with the help of dimensionless parameters. The results obtained so far pointed to a transferability of the morphological conditions among each other.
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Abstract:
The authors present a comparative study of the transport behaviour of narrow-graded silica sand and likewise narrow-graded polystyrene granules, in which not all requirements of the similarity theory were fulfilled due to too large differences between grain sizes and grain densities. While complying with the requirements for hydraulic similarity, model scenarios with varying degrees of superelevation were determined, dynamic equilibrium states were generated in a straight channel for...
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