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Cross-shore distribution of longshore sediment transport: comparison between predictive formulas and field measurements
Introduction - bayram_etal020002
Longshore sediment transport formulas (for notation see Appendix A)
The Bijker formula
The Watanabe formula
Fig. 1. Bottom profile surveyed along the measurement transect on September 6, 1985 (DUCK85 experiment).
Fig. 2. Bottom profile surveyed along the measurement transect on September 19, 1986 (SUPERDUCK experiment).
Evaluation of the formulas
Fig. 4. Comparison between calculated and measured cross-shore distribution of longshore sediment transport rate for Run 859050957 from the DUCKS85 experiment.
Fig. 5. Comparison between calculated and measured cross-shore distribution of longshore sediment transport rate for Run 859051528 from the DUCKS85 experiment.
Fig. 7. Comparison between calculated and measured cross-shore distribution of longshore sediment transport rate for Run 859061018 from the DUCK85 experiment.
Fig. 8. Comparison between calculated and measured cross-shore distribution of longshore sediment transport rate for Run 8609161116 from the SUPERDUCK experiment.
Fig. 10. Comparison between calculated and measured cross-shore
Discussion of results - bayram_etal020014
Fig. 15. Comparison between calculated and measured cross-shore distribution of longshore sediment transport for all three data sets
Summary of accuracy of all the formulas
Acknowledgements - bayram_etal020017
Engelund and Hansen (1967) formula
Bailard and Inman (1981, 1984) formula
Watanabe (1992) formula
References - bayram_etal020021
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