River Hydraulics and Sediment Transport Analysis Services

The River Hydraulics and Sediment Transport Analysis (Hydraulics) services enable a user to analyze the hydraulic properties of a river cross section and it's related sediment transport rates.

Hydraulics calculates channel cross-section hydraulic properties including cross-sectional area, hydraulic radius, wetted, and top width. It also includes options for calculating the normal depth (Manning's equation) and critical depth of the cross-section. Sediment transport equations included in the services include Yang's Sand Total Load (1996), Brownlie's Total Load (1981), Martin and Church's revisitation of Bagnold's Bed Load (2000), Wilcock and Kenworthy's Two-phase Bed Load (2002), and a power-function rating curve.