Abstract
The problem of suspended load and bed load transport in river and coastal flows over graded beds is addressed. Two effects are important: the degree of exposure of the sediment particles of unequal size within a mixture (hiding of smaller particles resting or moving between the larger particles) and the nonlinear dependence of transport on particle diameter. The former effect can be modeled by modifying the critical bed-shear stress through a correction factor and by modifying the effective grain roughness through another correction factor. The modeling of the effective bed-shear stress parameter is studied by using various alternative methods. Based on comparison with suspended load and bed load transport data for graded beds in steady and oscillatory flow, the most promising method is selected. The proposed prediction method is found to work well for the fine sand bed range as well as the coarse sand-gravel bed range.
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