EROSION RATE OF COHESIVE SEDIMENT WITH DIFFERENT CLAY-CONTENT-RATIO

Abstract

Erosion rate formula of cohesive sediment had been derived by the first author, but the there was very few information about it in the range that clay-content-ratio Rcc was less than 0.3. A series of erosion experiments were conducted in order to understand the effect of Rcc on the erosion rate. As a result, it was confirmed that the formula was valid in the range of R_cc between 0.1 and 1.0. The influence of watercontent-ratio on the test sample was discussed on the basis of experimental results. A deformation process and a stable profile of cohesive straight channel with a different value of R_cc were also investigated in order to understand the erosion process of cohesive sediment from a different point of view.