CONTENTS

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CONTENTS
PART I FLUID MOTIONS
Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION
The nature of fluids
Pressure
Viscosity
Diffusion
Viscosity as a diffusion coefficient
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Chapter 2 FLOW PAST A SPHERE I: DIMENSIONAL; ANALYSIS, REYNOLDS
NUMBERS, AND FROUDE NUMBERS
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Introduction
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Which variables are important?
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Some dimensional reasoning, and its consequences
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How to construct dimensionless variables
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What if you choose the wrong variables?
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“Dimensional analysis”
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Significance of Reynolds numbers and Froude numbers
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Conclusion
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Chapter 3 FLOW PAST A SPHERE II: STOKES’ LAW, THE BERNOULLI
EQUATION, TURBULENCE, BOUNDARY LAYERS, FLOW SEPARATION
Introduction
The Navier–Stokes equation
Flow past a sphere at low Reynolds numbers
Inviscid flow
The Bernoulli equation
Turbulence
Boundary layers
Flow separation
Flow past a sphere at high Reynolds numbers
Settling of spheres
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Chapter 4 FLOW IN PIPES AND CHANNELS
Introduction
Laminar flow down an inclined plane
Turbulent flow in pipes and channels: initial material
Turbulent shear stress
The turbulence closure problem
Structure of turbulent boundary layers
Flow resistance
Velocity profiles
Coherent structures in turbulent shear flow
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Chapter 5 OPEN-CHANNEL FLOW
Introduction
Two practical problems
Uniform flow
Energy in open-channel flow
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The hydraulic jump
Hydraulic regimes of open-channel flow
Gradually varied flow
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Chapter 6 OSCILLATORY FLOW
Introduction
The nature of waves
Water motions due to waves
Wave boundary layers
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Combined flow (waves plus current
Chapter 7 FLOW IN ROTATING ENVIRONMENTS
Introduction
Playing on a rotating table
The Coriolis effect on the Earth’s surface
The Rossby number
Inertia currents
The Ekman spiral
Geostrophic motion
Ekman layers
Planetary boundary layers
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PART II SEDIMENT TRANSPORT
Chapter 8 SEDIMENTS, VARIABLES, FLUMES
Introduction
Sediment
Hydrodynamic perspective
Particle motions vs. turbulence
Observing sediment transport
Variables
Flumes
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Chapter 9 THRESHOLD OF MOVEMENT
Introduction
Forces on bed particles
Balance of forces
Dimensional analysis
How is the threshold for movement identified?
Representations of the movement threshold
Recasting the Shields diagram
The Hjulstrøm diagram
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Chapter 10 MOVEMENT OF SEDIMENT BY WATER FLOWS
Introduction
The bed, the flow, and the load
Transport mode vs. flow intensity
Bed load
Suspension in a shear flow: the diffusional theory of suspension
The effect of acceleration of gravity
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Chapter 11 MOVEMENT OF SEDIMENT BY THE WIND
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Introduction
Saltation
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Chapter 12 BED CONFIGURATIONS
Introduction
Unidirectional-flow bed configurations
Oscillatory-flow and combined-flow bed configurations
Wind ripples
Eolian dunes
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Chapter 13 THE SEDIMENT TRANSPORT RATE
Introduction
The sediment load and the sediment transport rate
Predicting the sediment transport rate
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Chapter 14 MIXED-SIZE SEDIMENTS
Introduction
A useful thought experiment
The bed-surface size distribution
Fractional transport rates
Gradation independence versus equal mobility
A thought experiment gradation independence versus equal mobility
Real data on fractional transport rates, from the flume and from the field
Movement threshold in mixed-size sediments
Deviations from the condition of equal mobility
More on sediment-discharge formulas
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PART III CURRENT-GENERATED SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURES
Chapter 15 DEPOSITION
Introduction
Modes of deposition
Why deposition or erosion?
A note on degradation
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Chapter 16 CROSS STRATIFICATION
Stratification and cross stratification
The nature of cross stratification
Some general points about interpretation
The basic idea behind climbing-bed-form cross stratification
Important kinds of climbing-bed-form cross stratification
Cross stratification not produced by climbing bed forms
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Chapter 17 PLANAR STRATIFICATION
Introduction
Features of planar lamination
The origin of planar lamination in sands and sandstones
Planar lamination in fine sediments
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INDEX
PARTIAL LIST OF SYMBOLS
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