Sediment transport constantly influences river and civil structures and the lack ofinformation about its exact amount makes management efforts less effective. Hence,achieving a proper procedure to estimate the sediment load in rivers is important. We usedsupport vector machine model to estimate the sediments of the Kakareza River in LorestanProvince and the results were compared with those obta...

In this experimental work, we have shown that the geometric shape of the grooves (furrows) plays an important role in sediment dynamics. In addition, the rheological behaviour of solid discharge does not depend only on the velocity discharge but also on the geometric shape. Keywords—Laboratory experiments, soil erosion, groove, furrow, sediment transport

When they reach a flat plain, rivers often deposit their sediment load into a cone-shaped structure called alluvial fan. We present a simplified experimental setup that reproduces, in one dimension, basic features of alluvial fans. A mixture of water and glycerol transports and deposits glass beads between two transparent panels separated by a narrow gap. As the beads, which mimic natural sedim...

In this paper, two formulas were chosen among those that estimate the suspendedsediment discharge in rivers. These two formulas were Lane and Kalinske and Bagnold. Forstudying and knowing the correlation between input parameters and calculated suspendedsediment discharge (CSSD), the SPSS17 software was used. Input parameters in these twoformulas were as: water velocity, water discharge, suspend...

Sediment rating curves, which are fitted relationships between river discharge (Q) and suspended-sediment concentration (C), are commonly used to assess patterns and trends in river water quality. In many of these studies, it is assumed that rating curves have a power-law form (i.e. C= aQ, where a and b are fitted parameters). Two fundamental questions about the utility of these techniques are ...

this study aimed to examine the influence of pre-processing input variables by gamma test on performance of support vector machine in order to predict the suspended sediment amount of doiraj river, located in ilam province from 1994-2004. the flow discharge and rainfall were considered as the input variables and sediment discharge as the output model. also, the duration of the model training pe...

The Three Gorges Dam (TGD) on the upper Changjiang (Yangtze River), China, disrupts the continuity of Changjiang sediment delivery to downstream and coastal areas. In this study, which was based on 54 years of annual water and sediment data from the mainstream and major tributaries of Changjiang, sediment deposition induced by the TGD in 2003–2008 was quantified. Furthermore, we determined the ...

_____________________________ Introduction. ___________________________ Scope of work and available information,... Theory of sediment yield and transport__. Fine sediment.______________________ Splash, sheet, and rill erosion____ Environmental factors__ _ _______ Coarse sediment.____________________ Effect of velocity.__---__________ Effect of particle size_____________ Storm characteristics._...