Bedload transport methodology and method of use

US11067475B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army · US

Inventors

• Tate O McAlpin · Magee, US
• David W. Abraham · New York, US
• John Shelley · Independence, US
• Thad C Pratt · Vicksburg, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 1, 2013
• Grant date: Jul 20, 2021
• Expiry date: Apr 1, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01M10/00
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method for determining an estimate of an overall bedload transport rate by using bedload transport rates for a plurality of subswaths involves, generally, performing a bathymetry survey in areas at multiple times, calculating an amount of erosion and deposition and their ratio, and calculating an erosion and a deposition transport rate using the provided equations.