Calculation of sediment discharge by the Ackers-White formula, Victor Miguel Ponce, Aleksandr Gostomelskiy, San Diego State University

    online_ackers_white: Sample input data for Ackers-White formula

INPUT DATA:
Select:      U.S. Customary
Hydraulic depth D :        10 ft
Channel width B :          250 ft
Mean velocity V :           2 fps
Bottom slope S_o :          0.001
Mean diameter d₅₀ :      0.707136 mm
Temperature T :             55 ^oF
Specific gravity S_s :       2.65

OUTPUT:

Sediment discharge Q_s :    11.24916 lbs/sec
Sediment discharge Q_s :    485.9640 Tons/day

INPUT DATA:
Select:      SI Units (metric)
Hydraulic depth D :        3.048 m
Channel width B :          76.2 m
Mean velocity V :           0.6096 m/s
Bottom slope S_o :          0.001
Mean diameter d₅₀ :      0.707136 mm
Temperature T :             12.778 ^oC
Specific gravity S_s :       2.65

OUTPUT:

Sediment discharge Q_s :    50.05648 N/sec
Sediment discharge Q_s :    440.8644 M.Tons/day

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