Manual Sediment Transport Measurements in Rivers, Estuaries and Coastal Seas

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This article introduces the Manual Sediment Transport Measurements in Rivers, Estauries and Coastal Seas (Van Rijn, 1986[1]; 2007[2]).

Introduction

manual sediment transport measurements

The Manual Sediment Transport Measurements in Rivers, Estauries and Coastal Seas is a volume of about 500 pages containing all details of measurement instruments and methods for mud, silt and sand transport in rivers, estuaries and coastal seas. The manual includes: definitions and measuring principles and errors involved, methods to compute sediment transport from measured data, a wide range of instruments from simple mechanical samplers to sophisticated electronic equipment. Bed load transport as well as suspended load transport are addressed. Methods and instruments to measure particle size and particle fall velocity are discussed. Laboratory and in-situ sample analysis are described. Instrumentation for determining the wet bulk density of bed material (important for dredging studies) is presented. Remote sensing by video camera recording is also discussed. Regular updates of the methods and instrumentation are made.

The manual was first published in 1986 and updated in 1993, 2005 and 2007. The manual is written by L.C. van Rijn (Delft Hydraulics and University of Utrecht, The Netherlands) issued by Rijkswaterstaat (Public Works Department in The Netherlands) and Aqua Publications. L.C. van Rijn is senior research and project engineer of the Delft Hydraulics Laboratory.


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Theme 9 of the Coastal Wiki contains over thirty articles with summaries of parts of the manual. The different chapters of the manual are summarized in next articles:


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See also

References

  1. Rijn, L. C. van (1986). Manual sediment transport measurements. Delft, The Netherlands: Delft Hydraulics Laboratory
  2. Rijn, L.C. van (2007)Manual sediment transport measurements in rivers,estuaries and coastal seas, Aquapublications, The Netherlands. 500 p.
The main authors of this article are Rijn, Leo van and Roberti, Hans
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Citation: Rijn, Leo van; Roberti, Hans; (2020): Manual Sediment Transport Measurements in Rivers, Estuaries and Coastal Seas. Available from http://www.coastalwiki.org/wiki/Manual_Sediment_Transport_Measurements_in_Rivers,_Estuaries_and_Coastal_Seas [accessed on 19-03-2024]