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Thereareseveralequationsuseful
inunderstandinghydraulicsand
sedimentsdeposits.
ReynoldsNumber
FroudeNumber
Thesenumbershelpsustounderstandthe
relationshipbetweenfluidflow,thetypeof
bedformsproducedalongthesurface,andthe
mechanismbywhichentrainedparticlesmove.
ReynoldsNumber
addressedtheproblemofhowlaminarflow
changestoturbulentflow.
thetransitionfromlaminartoturbulentflow
occursasvelocityincreases,viscosity
decrease,theroughnessoftheflowboundary
increases,and/ortheflowbecomesless
narrowlyconfined.
Froud Number
The Froud Number is the ratio
between fluid inertial forces and
fluid gravitational forces.
Froud Number
It compares the tendency of a moving fluid
Fr =
Fr=
Fr=
flow velocity
.
(acceleration of gravity)x(force of inertia)
V ,
_/ (gD)
V ,
_/ (gD)
V= velocity, D= depth, g= gravitational constant
Fr=
Froud number
Entrainment
Entrainment
Supension
constitues a third
mode of
transportat.
It concist of those
grains that more or
less continually
float within the
moving fluid.