No. 13 (1972), Conference Proceedings
No. 13 (1972)

A GROSS LONGSHORE TRANSPORT RATE FORMULA

Conference Proceedings
Published 1972-01-29
Cyril J. Galvin
U. S. Army Coastal Engineering Research Center
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longshore transport
rate formula
transport formula

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A GROSS LONGSHORE TRANSPORT RATE FORMULA. (1972). Coastal Engineering Proceedings, 1(13), 47. https://doi.org/10.9753/icce.v13.47
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Abstract

Gross longshore transport rates for 11 long-term field measurements are predicted reasonably well by the empirical relation, Q=2H2, where Q is longshore transport rate in 100,000 yd3/yr, and H is a mean breaker height in feet. A physical explanation of this empirical relation assumes: (1) most littoral drift is transported in suspension; (2) longshore current velocity is predicted by V-gmTsin28j,; (3) the empirical relation is an equation for conservation of suspended sediment in the longshore current.
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