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Grain shape effects in bed load sediment transport

Deal, Eric ; Venditti, Jeremy G ; Benavides, Santiago J ; Bradley, Ryan ; Zhang, Qiong ; Kamrin, Ken ; Perron, J Taylor

Nature (London), 2023-01, Vol.613 (7943), p.298-302 [Periódico revisado por pares]

England: Nature Publishing Group

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    Grain shape effects in bed load sediment transport
  • Autor: Deal, Eric ; Venditti, Jeremy G ; Benavides, Santiago J ; Bradley, Ryan ; Zhang, Qiong ; Kamrin, Ken ; Perron, J Taylor
  • Assuntos: Bed load ; Drag ; Experiments ; Friction ; Grain size ; Granular materials ; Laboratories ; Laboratory experiments ; Load distribution ; Predictions ; Rivers ; Sediment load ; Sediment transport ; Shape effects ; Shear stress ; Spheres
  • É parte de: Nature (London), 2023-01, Vol.613 (7943), p.298-302
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  • Descrição: Bed load sediment transport, in which wind or water flowing over a bed of sediment causes grains to roll or hop along the bed, is a critically important mechanism in contexts ranging from river restoration to planetary exploration . Despite its widespread occurrence, predictions of bed load sediment flux are notoriously imprecise . Many studies have focused on grain size variability as a source of uncertainty, but few have investigated the role of grain shape, even though shape has long been suspected to influence transport rates . Here we show that grain shape can modify bed load transport rates by an amount comparable to the scatter in many sediment transport datasets . We develop a theory that accounts for grain shape effects on fluid drag and granular friction and predicts that the onset and efficiency of transport depend on the coefficients of drag and bulk friction of the transported grains. Laboratory experiments confirm these predictions and reveal that the effect of grain shape on sediment transport can be difficult to intuit from the appearance of grains. We propose a shape-corrected sediment transport law that collapses our experimental measurements. Our results enable greater accuracy in predictions of sediment transport and help reconcile theories developed for spherical particles with the behaviour of natural sediment grains.
  • Editor: England: Nature Publishing Group
  • Idioma: Inglês
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