Subject Code: CE6L503 Name: Hydraulics of Sediment Transport L-T-P: 3-1-0 Credit: 4

Prerequisite: Free Surface Flows
Sediment properties; Initiation of motion; Bed Load; Bed Forms; Effective bed roughness; Armouring; Suspended  load;  Total  load;  Transport  of  sediment  due  to  unsteady  flow;  Meandering  of  rivers; Braided  river;  Local  scour  at  different structures;  Sediment  sampling;  Mathematical  models  of sediment transport.
Text/Reference Books:

  • Yang, C. T., Sediment Transport: Theory and Practice, McGraw-Hill, 1996
  • Graf, W. H., Hydraulics of Sediment Transport, Water Resources Publications, LLC, Colorado, USA, 1984.
  • Fredsoe, J. and Deigaard, R., Mechanics of Coastal Sediment Transport, Advanced Series on Ocean Engineering - Volume 3, World Scientific, New Jersey, 2005.
  • Garde, R. J., History of Fluvial Hydraulics, New Age International (P) Ltd. Publishers, New Delhi, 1995.