The relation between the frequency distributions of sieve diameters and fall velocities of sediment particles
Abstract
A relation between the frequency distributions of sieve diameters and fall velocities is developed. The relation shows that if the sieve diameters of a sediment are log-normally distributed, the fall velocities will also have this distribution, but with a different standard deviation which can be calculated. The results of detailed measurements of the fall velocities of two different natural sands are presented, and the distributions of fall velocities are found to be in good agreement with the predicted distributions. The sedimentation diameters determined from the measured fall velocities agree very well with those predicted from the sieve diameters by the Inter-Agency Committee on Water Resources [1957].
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© 1961 American Geophysical Union. Manuscript received August 28, 1961; revised October 4, 1961. Equations 7, 8, and 9 were first derived by Professor Norman H. Brooks of California Institute of Technology. Professor Brooks also suggested the analysis that resulted in (27). We gratefully acknowledge these contributions and also his helpful discussion and criticism. We also wish to thank Professor Vito A. Vanoni of Caltech for his many valuable suggestions. The research reported here was supported by funds provided by the Agricultural Research Service of the U. S. Department of Agriculture.Attached Files
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