Università Roma Tre

Basic assumptions: fundamental aspects of two-phase system (solid-liquid), liquid dynamics, characterization of the solid phase, velocity fall, Solid discharge.
Sediment Transport: Beginning of motion, the Bedload and the Suspended load, valuation of the total load.
Forms of bed: Classification of bed forms, continuity equation, flow phenomenon and resistance to flow in mobile bed.
Local scour: Local erosions in mobile bed, obstruction, jets.
Debris Flow: Phenomenological aspects of Debris Flow, rheologic description, mathematical model

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