425 OSB
Jeff Parsons
email: parsons@ocean.washington.edu
phone: (206)
221-6627
office: 111A MSB
COURSE CONTENT:
1. Fluid
Mechanics and Boundary Layers
A. Approximations
to the N-S Equations
B. Open-Channel
Flow and Boundary Layer Theory
C. Characterization
and Modeling of Turbulence
2. Discrete
Sediment Transport
A. Sediment
Characterization and Particle Settling
B. Initiation
of Motion and Entrainment
C. LAB DEMO – INITIATION OF MOTION
E. Bedload
F. Bedforms
G. Total
Load and Sediment Rating Curves
3. Continuum
Sediment Transport
A. FIELD TRIP – SQUIRE CREEK SLIDE
B. Debris
Flows
C. LAB DEMO – TURBIDITY CURRENTS
Papers to be
covered:
Papers
discussed in past years
GRADING:
20% 4 Homework
Sets
20% Project
30% Final Exam
(Mar 17, 2-4pm 211 OTB)
10% Class
Participation
Late
policy: 2% docked every business-day (a
day ends at 6pm) past the due date.
Useful TEXTs:
Batchelor, G.
K. 1968. Fluid Dynamics.
Cambridge University Press.
Fischer, H. B.
et al. 1979. Mixing in Inland and
Coastal Waters. Academic Press.
Lamb, H. 1932.
Hydrodynamics. Dover
Publications.
Julien P. K.
1995. Erosion and Sedimentation. Cambridge University Press.
Turner, J.
S. 1972. Buoyancy Effects in Fluids. Cambridge University Press.
Graf, W. H. 1971.
Hydraulics of Sediment Transport. McGraw-Hill.