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Bedload Transport Rate Calculation Revisited

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Based on the SHI database on the structureless transport of large-particle bedloads, 28 formulas that include bedform height and velocity are validated. These formulas demonstrated an error no higher than 50% and can be recommended for the conditions of active structureless sediment transport in mountain and piedmont rivers. Eight of these formulas can be recommended for a wide range of hydraulic conditions in plain and mountain rivers.

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Translated from Gidrotekhnicheskoe Stroitel’svo, No. 10, October 2022, pp. 2 – 12. DOI: https://doi.org/10.34831/EP.2022.18.22.001

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Kopaliani, Z.D., Petrovskaya, O.A. Bedload Transport Rate Calculation Revisited. Power Technol Eng 56, 837–844 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10749-023-01597-7

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