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266 Proceedings of the 7 th International Conference on Asian and Pacific Coasts (APAC 2013) Bali, Indonesia, September 24-26, 2013 A NEW MODEL FOR SEDIMENT TRANSPORT RATE UNDER OSCILLATORY SHEET FLOW CONDITIONS X. Chen 1 and X. Yu 2 ABSTRACT: A general and simple unsteady type empirical formula for non-cohesive sediment movement under oscillatory sheet flow conditions is obtained based on integration of assumed concentration and velocity profiles. The formula includes basic erosion depth and free stream velocity as parameter but is in accordance with the traditional formula expressed as 3/2 power of Shields parameter. An important factor including erosion depth and oscillatory boundary layer thickness also appears in the formula due to integration of the non-uniform velocity profile. The erosion depth formula applied is advanced with a special consideration to the effects of acceleration, phase-lag and sediment size. The concentration profile obeys traditional exponential law based on mass conservation, and the velocity profile in a significant part over the initial bed is similar to that in a laminar flow. Data used for validation are measured from oscillating water tunnels covering quite a wide range of flow and sediment conditions. Several widely used empirical formulas, steady and unsteady types, are used to compare with the present formula for both instantaneous and net sediment transport rate. Results show that present formula is valid for both instantaneous and net sediment transport rate. The process of the instantaneous rate is shown to vary synchronously with free stream velocity, and the decreasing rate caused by increasing sediment size is also correctly predicted. The direction and magnitude of net transport rate are correctly predicted, while existing instantaneous type formulas are failed in direction for fine sediment under pure velocity-skewed flows. Net sediment transport rate is shown to be affected by not only the acceleration, sediment sizes, phase-lag, but also the difference of boundary layer thickness between onshore stage and offshore stage. Keywords: Sediment transport rate; oscillatory sheet flow; empirical formula; erosion depth. 1 State Key Laboratory of Hydroscience and Engineering, Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, CHINA. 2 State Key Laboratory of Hydroscience and Engineering, Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, CHINA. INTRODUCTION Both velocity skewness and acceleration skewness are usually observed in nearshore oscillatory flows induced by waves. When water depth decreases, the wave crest is sharpened and the wave trough is flattened to produce positive velocity skewness. When wave enters into the surf zone, the wave front is steepened and the wave rear is gentled, then positive acceleration skewness occurs. The sediment transport becomes much complex under the oscillatory sheet flows induced by waves with velocity skewness and acceleration skewness not only because the transport rate becomes significantly larger but also because the mechanisms of sediment transport is less clear. Accurate prediction of sediment transport rates is essential for environmental and morphological studies in coastal and estuarine areas. For these reasons, many empirical formulas have been proposed for sediment transport rate under oscillatory sheet flow conditions. The accuracy of those formulas, however, is still not enough and further studies are still necessary for a better description of the sediment transport in the nearshore areas. The empirical models about net sediment transport under wave generated sheet flows could be related to the velocity or shear stress exerted on the bed by the fluid over it. Quasi-steady models without considering phase- lag between concentration and flow velocity include those of Bailard (1981), Soulsby (1997), Ribberink (1998), Nielsen and Callaghan (2003), Nielsen (2006), Gonzalez-Rodriguez and Madsen (2007). Semi-unsteady models include those of Dibajnia and Watanabe (1992), Dohmen-Janssen et al. (2002), Ahmed and Sato (2003), Watanabe and Sato (2004), Silva et al. (2006), all of which account for the phase-lag between the concentration and flow velocity in some way. Acceleration is also known to play an important role in the sediment transport process, and many quasi-steady or semi-unsteady models considered its effects (Nielsen and Callaghan, 2003; Nielsen, 2006; Silva et al., 2006; Gonzalez-Rodriguez and Madsen, 2007). In spite of many models proposed, it is still lack a model that can well predict both the instantaneous and net sediment transport rates, because many factors as sediment size

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Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Asian and Pacific Coasts

(APAC 2013) Bali, Indonesia, September 24-26, 2013

A NEW MODEL FOR SEDIMENT TRANSPORT RATE UNDER

OSCILLATORY SHEET FLOW CONDITIONS

X. Chen1 and X. Yu

2

ABSTRACT: A general and simple unsteady type empirical formula for non-cohesive sediment movement under

oscillatory sheet flow conditions is obtained based on integration of assumed concentration and velocity profiles. The

formula includes basic erosion depth and free stream velocity as parameter but is in accordance with the traditional

formula expressed as 3/2 power of Shields parameter. An important factor including erosion depth and oscillatory

boundary layer thickness also appears in the formula due to integration of the non-uniform velocity profile. The erosion

depth formula applied is advanced with a special consideration to the effects of acceleration, phase-lag and sediment

size. The concentration profile obeys traditional exponential law based on mass conservation, and the velocity profile in

a significant part over the initial bed is similar to that in a laminar flow. Data used for validation are measured from

oscillating water tunnels covering quite a wide range of flow and sediment conditions. Several widely used empirical

formulas, steady and unsteady types, are used to compare with the present formula for both instantaneous and net

sediment transport rate. Results show that present formula is valid for both instantaneous and net sediment transport rate.

The process of the instantaneous rate is shown to vary synchronously with free stream velocity, and the decreasing rate

caused by increasing sediment size is also correctly predicted. The direction and magnitude of net transport rate are

correctly predicted, while existing instantaneous type formulas are failed in direction for fine sediment under pure

velocity-skewed flows. Net sediment transport rate is shown to be affected by not only the acceleration, sediment sizes,

phase-lag, but also the difference of boundary layer thickness between onshore stage and offshore stage.

Keywords: Sediment transport rate; oscillatory sheet flow; empirical formula; erosion depth.

1 State Key Laboratory of Hydroscience and Engineering, Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, CHINA. 2 State Key Laboratory of Hydroscience and Engineering, Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing,

100084, CHINA.

INTRODUCTION

Both velocity skewness and acceleration skewness

are usually observed in nearshore oscillatory flows

induced by waves. When water depth decreases, the

wave crest is sharpened and the wave trough is flattened

to produce positive velocity skewness. When wave

enters into the surf zone, the wave front is steepened and

the wave rear is gentled, then positive acceleration

skewness occurs. The sediment transport becomes much

complex under the oscillatory sheet flows induced by

waves with velocity skewness and acceleration skewness

not only because the transport rate becomes significantly

larger but also because the mechanisms of sediment

transport is less clear. Accurate prediction of sediment

transport rates is essential for environmental and

morphological studies in coastal and estuarine areas. For

these reasons, many empirical formulas have been

proposed for sediment transport rate under oscillatory

sheet flow conditions. The accuracy of those formulas,

however, is still not enough and further studies are still

necessary for a better description of the sediment

transport in the nearshore areas.

The empirical models about net sediment transport

under wave generated sheet flows could be related to the

velocity or shear stress exerted on the bed by the fluid

over it. Quasi-steady models without considering phase-

lag between concentration and flow velocity include

those of Bailard (1981), Soulsby (1997), Ribberink

(1998), Nielsen and Callaghan (2003), Nielsen (2006),

Gonzalez-Rodriguez and Madsen (2007). Semi-unsteady

models include those of Dibajnia and Watanabe (1992),

Dohmen-Janssen et al. (2002), Ahmed and Sato (2003),

Watanabe and Sato (2004), Silva et al. (2006), all of

which account for the phase-lag between the

concentration and flow velocity in some way.

Acceleration is also known to play an important role in

the sediment transport process, and many quasi-steady or

semi-unsteady models considered its effects (Nielsen and

Callaghan, 2003; Nielsen, 2006; Silva et al., 2006;

Gonzalez-Rodriguez and Madsen, 2007). In spite of

many models proposed, it is still lack a model that can

well predict both the instantaneous and net sediment

transport rates, because many factors as sediment size

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and phase-lag are hard to be reflected in the

instantaneous transport rate.

The present study aims to develop an empirical

model to predict both the instantaneous and net sediment

transport rates. Special consideration will be given to the

effects of acceleration, phase-lag, sediment size, and

oscillatory boundary layer thickness. Based on the

temporal and spatial description of both velocities and

concentrations above the immobile bed during the wave

period, a full unsteady empirical model on the sediment

transport under oscillatory sheet flow will be integrated.

The formula will be applied to pure velocity-skewed

flow and pure acceleration-skewed flow to isolate the

effects of velocity skewness and acceleration skewness

to sediment transport. In the following text, the empirical

model is introduced in Section 2, while the predictions

and discussions are shown in Section 3, about both

instantaneous and net sediment transport rate under a

wide range of sheet flow and sediment conditions as

velocity amplitudes, wave periods, wave shapes and

sediment sizes. Finally, the conclusions are drawn in

Section 4.

NEW MODEL

An instantaneous sediment transport rate relationship

may be obtained by integrating the concentration profile

and velocity profile. The profile of the free stream

velocity in general is shown in Fig. 1, where

U represents the velocity and T is the period of the

oscillatory flow; subscript c and t indicate the crest and

trough duration, respectively; subscript a and d denote

acceleration and deceleration duration, respectively.

Positive is the onshore direction, and negative the

offshore direction. Based on the mass conservation, the

sediment concentration profile can be well approximated

by the following exponential law as shown by Chen et al.

(2013),

exp 1, m

E

yS Sy t (1)

t

U

0

Tc Tt

Tac Tdc

Tat Tdt

Uc

Ut

T

Fig. 1 Free stream velocity duration in present study

where S is the volumetric concentration and subscript

m denotes the maximum value; y is the vertical

coordinate with its origin at the undisturbed bed;

2 T is the angular frequency; E is the erosion

depth given by

1 2E

m mt

tD

(2)

In Eq. (2), D is the median sediment diameter; t is the

time; is Shields parameter defined by

2 ,

2 1

wf U t

s gD (3)

where s is the sediment specific gravity; g is the

gravitational acceleration; wf is the wave friction factor.

It is assumed that wf varies linearly between its values

under wave crest cf and under wave trough tf evaluated

by Wilson’s (1989) formula:

0.4

,,

,

0.05464 1

c tc t

ac at

Uf

T s g (4)

Fig. 2 Minimum erosion depth

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Fig. 3 Phase lag validation

By neglecting the velocity history before flow

reversal, the boundary layer then develops from the time

of flow reversal to the flow peak, similar to that induced

by a quarter of the sinusoidal flow (Liu and Sato, 2006;

Silva et al., 2006; Gonzalez-Rodriguez and Madsen,

2007). Parameters 1 and 2 in Eq. (2) denote the

minimum value and variation range of the erosion depth,

satisfying 1 2 3 so that 1.5max 3( / ) mE D .

Since O’Donoghue and Wright’s (2004a) data can be

well fitted by 2.5min 0.5( / ) mE D at the minimum

erosion depth as shown in Fig. 2, we take 1 0.5 m

when 6m . For large m , i.e., 6m , as shown in

the experiment of Dick and Sleath (1992), and also in

that of O’Donoghue and Wright (2004a), very small

variation of the erosion depth can be observed because

the suspended sediment is too hard to fall down. Thus,

we can take 1 3 . In Eq. (2), is the phase lag. As

seen in Fig. 3, O’Donoghue and Wright’s (2004a) data

leads to /S w , representing the time ratio

between sediment falling down and the wave period

introduced by Dohmen-Janssen (1999) and Dohmen-

Janssen et al. (2002). Here w is the sediment falling

velocity given by van Rijn (1993); 2S E is the sheet

flow layer thickness obtained by letting in Eq. (1)

mS =0.6 and S = 0.08 as the top of sheet flow layer

following Dohmen-Janssen (1999).

The velocity profile may be approximately expressed

as,

,1 exp 4.6

,

E

B

y t y

t

U

U (5)

0.82

0.09B

N N

A

k k (6)

where B is the wave boundary layer thickness given by

Fredsoe and Deiggard (1992); A varies linearly between

its values under wave crest and under wave trough

expressed by , , ,2 /c t c t ac atA U T ,respectively; Nk is the

roughness height related to given by Wilson (1990).

It can be seen , 0.99 ,B EU t U t . Eq. (5) is

close to the laminar flow solution, but without a 45º

phase lead between the immobile bed surface and the

outer free stream velocity. None phase lead may not be

bad because the phase lead in practice is actually not so

large. It is reported to be 15º-20º in Dick and Sleath

(1991, 1992) and Zala-Flores and Sleath (1998), and an

average of 21.5º in O'Donoghue and Wright (2004b).

Using Eq. (5) and (1), we obtain an expression for the

instantaneous sediment transport rate

, ,/

4.6

4.6E

m E

B E

y t y tS U

S U dy (7)

with E is given by Eq. (2), U given by Eq.(5) and B

given by Eq.(6). /B E is computed by integrating the

non-uniform velocity profile. It is noted that m ES U .

Net sediment transport rate could be obtained by

averaging Eq. (7) within a period. The non-dimensional

form is

2

3 /

4.6

4.6 11

m E

B E

S U

D s gDs gD (8)

Considering S = 0.08 at Ey , in present model

instantaneous bedload sediment transport rate can be

easily derived as

9.2 /

, ,

4.60.135 1

4.6 4.6

E

E

E B

b

m EE B

B E B E

y t y t

S u

S U dy

e (9)

If Eq. (3) and a linear relation /E D (Asano,

1992; Zala-Flores and Sleath, 1998) are used, Eq. (8)

becomes 1.5 when /B E is nearly a constant.

This is in accordance with the classical formula of

Meyer-Peter and Müller (1948): 1.5

8 cr , and

similar to the formulas of Nielsen (1992), Soulsby

(1997) and Ribberink (1998), where subscript cr

denotes critical value.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS

We now compare the present model with

experiments and existing empirical models including: (1)

the instantaneous formula of Ribberink (1998) without

acceleration, and Nielsen (2006) accounting for velocity

acceleration in :

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0.5 cos sin /wU t f U t U t (10)

and, (2) the net transport formula of Silva et al. (2006)

accounting for acceleration, which is based on Dibajinia

and Watanabe (1992) considering phase-lag between

concentration and flow velocity

3 *3 3 *3

0.55

2

c c c t t t t c

c c t t

n

U T UT

U T UT

(11)

where and n are empirical constants; denotes the

sediment carried up and taken away by present half

cycle; * denotes the sediment carried up by present half

cycle but taken away by next half cycle. In the following

tables and figures, experiment data is shorted as ‘Exp.’

and present model result is shorted as ‘Pres.’; empirical

formulas are shorted as ‘R98’, ‘S06’, and ‘N06’.

Instantaneous transport rate is discussed first in this part

under different wave shapes, sediment sizes and periods,

all of which are aimed to explain their contributions to

net sediment transport rate.

Instantaneous Transport Rate

Experimental and predicted net sediment transport

rate are also shown in Table 1, in which Case FA5010 to

CA7515 are pure velocity-skewed flows measured by

O’Donoghue and Wright (2004a, b) and Li et al. (2008)

under the free velocity

0 0cos( ) cos2( )1.2 0.3U t t t t (12)

Case S556015f to S706015c are pure acceleration-

skewed flows measured by vander A et al. (2010a) under

16

0 1 /1.3 2 1 sini

iU a i t i (13)

where 0 0U , and max max min/( )U U U .

Fig. 4 shows the predicted instantaneous bedload

sediment transport rate at different D and T by different

models for pure velocity-skewed flows. The response of

sediment movement to flow is very well as the transport

rate variation almost following the free stream velocity

in all cases. Predicted phase shift in Nielsen (2006) is

Table 1 Predictions of net sediment transport rate

caused by in Eq. (10). The bedload transport rate

process was predicted very well by the present empirical

formula by comparison with all experiments; while it

was not enough in fine sediment cases for the other two

formulas. Predicted transport rate of long period

(T=7.5s) is slightly smaller than of short period (T=5s)

due to decreasing wave friction factor. It should be

realized that the onshore or offshore transport rate

decreases with the increase of sediment size under the

same flow conditions, while only present model predicts

this tendency owing to decreasing erosion caused by

increased sediment size in Eq. (2). Phase-lag effects are

increased with increasing U, decreasing T and D

(Dibajnia and Watanabe, 1992; Dohmen-Janssen et al,

2002; O'Donoghue and Wright 2004a, b; vander A et al.,

2010a). The phase-lag effect of fine sediment is more

significant than the medium and coarse sediment. Fine

sediment is easy to be picked up to a relatively large

height above the bed in the suspension layer and hard to

fall down, which leads to erosion depth at offshore stage

as large as the onshore stage for the fine sediment case.

In addition, boundary layer thickness at onshore stage

with large Uc and kN should be larger than that at

offshore stage, so that periodic averaged near bed

velocity is negative in O’Donoghue and Wright (2004b).

These make experimental transport rate in the sheet flow

layer near offshore flow peak (t/T=0.6~0.8) very close to

that near onshore flow peak (t/T=0.15~0.3) though the

free stream velocity is much smaller in Fig. 4 (1)-(2).

Only present model could predict offshore transport rate

correctly with 1.51 m in Eq. (2) denoting sediment

amount could not fall down, and relatively small

offshore wave boundary layer thickness in Eq. (7)

denoting relatively larger near bed velocity. Negative net

sediment transport rates for fine sediment could be

predicted by present model as seen in Table 1. While for

Test case (mm2/s)

Exp. Pres. R98 N06

FA5010 -128.3 -117.4 78.1 52.0

LA612 -61.0 -99.6 67.5 48.9

FA7515 -88.3 -58.8 56.6 45.5

MA5010 52.6 64.6 54.2 68.2

MA7515 35.9 47.6 47.4 58.4

CA5010 44.1 77.4 60.1 85.3

CA7515 33.8 44.3 51.7 71.8

S556015f 24.2 23.3 0.0 12.6

S706015f 100.2 61.7 0.0 36.2

S556015m 4.4 14.3 0.0 15.7

S706015m 41.2 42.5 0.0 47.9

S556015c 4.2 9.9 0.0 19.6

S706015c 30.6 28.1 0.0 63.2

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the coarse sediment case with relative high settling

velocity, sediment is hard to be picked up, and

suspended sediment entrained at high velocity would fall

back to the bed quickly as the flow velocity decreases.

The maximum E near onshore flow peak

(t/T=0.15~0.3) is significantly greater than the maximum

E near offshore flow peak (t/T=0.6~0.8), which leads

to a much stronger onshore rate than offshore rate in the

sheet flow layer. Phase-lag effects of medium sediment

case are between the fine and coarse sizes, and the ratio

of maximum onshore rate to maximum offshore rate

should be between them. In the experiment, positive net

transport rate is caused by summation of large onshore

rate and small offshore rate; all formulas can predict the

process as seen in Table 1 and Fig. 4.

Fig. 5 shows the predicted instantaneous sediment

transport rate of different D and β for pure acceleration-

skewed flows under the same T=6s. Present predicted

instantaneous transport rate follows the free stream

velocity very well, and the larger onshore transport rate

than offshore transport leads to positive net transport rate,

which is also seen in two-phase modeling of Hsu and

Hanes (2004). With the same D in present model, larger

β corresponds to larger onshore transport rate, smaller

offshore transport rate, and thus larger positive net

transport rate. Such positive net transport rates, and its

increasing tendency with increasing β, are well in

accordance with experiment in Table 1. One reason

would be the relatively larger onshore near bed velocity

represented by relatively smaller wave boundary layer

thickness in Eq. (7). Furthermore, observed onshore

shear stress is larger than offshore shear stress under

sawtooth waves as in Suntoyo et al. (2008). As

mentioned by Nielsen (1992) and vander A et al. (2010b),

larger peak bed shear stress is generated in the crest half

period Tac, because the boundary layer has less time to

develop before Uc comes. Accordingly, in the trough half

period Tat the peak bed shear stress is smaller because

the boundary layer has much more time to develop

before Ut comes. This effect is included in present model

by defining different friction factors for the wave crest

and trough in Eq. (4). This is another important reason

for the well estimation of all sediment sizes’ net

transport rate by present model. When D increases,

present predicted transport rate decrease because

decreased erosion depth in Eq. (2) with the decreased

shear stress, and less sediment is entrained to be carried

out. The Ribberink (1998) cannot predict the different

between onshore and offshore duration because the

formula does not include the acceleration skewness

effect. Nielsen (2006) result shows obviously difference

between onshore and offshore durations, and the

difference is larger when β increases. But it increases

when the sediment size increases due to increasing wave

friction factor, the prediction cannot agree well with

experiments for all sediment sizes. Over all in Fig. 5,

instantaneous rate of Nielsen (2006) fits present model

for medium sediment case better than other size cases,

while Ribberink (1998) fits present model for coarse

sediment case better than other size cases.

Net Sediment Transport Rate

With much more data, special discussion about net

sediment transport rate is conducted in the section.

Collected net sediment transport data include half

periodic sinusoidal flows (Sawamoto and Yamashita,

1986); pure velocity-skewed flows: 1st order cnoidal

flows (Dibajinia, 1991; Ahmed and Sato, 2003), 2nd

order Stokes flows (Ribberink and Al-Salem, 1994,

1995; O’Donoghue and Wright, 2004a, b; Li et al.,

2008); pure acceleration-skewed flows: sawtooth flows

(Watanabe and Sato, 2004; vander A et al., 2010a).

Prediction of net sediment transport rates by different

models are shown in Fig. 6, and the relevant errors are

shown in Table 2, where PD, P2 and P5 denote the

prediction percentage of correct direction, between twice

error (dashed line), and between fifth error (dashed-

dotted line); root-mean-square error is computed by 1 22[ ( ]) /rms PRED EXPE n , and logarithm error is

computed by 1 22

2{ }[log ( / )] /L PRED EXPE n . If

the direction is not correctly predicted, /PRED EXP is

given 0.01 / EXP to avoid negative in logarithm

function. Negative transport rate could not be predicted

without phase-lag effect in Ribberink (1998) and Nielsen

(2006) formulas, their rmsE and LE are larger than the

Silva et al. (2006) formula which includes phase-lag and

acceleration effects. With comprehensive consideration

about the effect of acceleration skewness, wave

boundary layer thickness and phase-lag between

concentration and flow velocity, net sediment transport

rates is predicted very well by present formula. Though

present net transport rate is an integration of Eq. (7), its

rmsE and LE are even less than that of Silva et al.

(2006) based on half period prediction.

Tabel 2 Errors for net sediment transport rate

PD(%) P2(%) P5(%) LE rmsE (mm2/s)

R98 42.9 32.8 42.2 8.6 66.8

N06 86.4 49.4 85.7 4.4 62.4

S06 93.5 59.7 89.0 2.8 42.7

Pres. 97.4 60.4 90.3 2.1 37.0

CONCLUSIONS

An empirical formula for sediment transport under

oscillatory flow conditions is derived by integration of

given concentration and velocity profiles in the present

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study. An advanced erosion depth formula with special

consideration to acceleration, phase-lag and sediment

size is used in the exponential law of concentration

profile based on mass conservation. The velocity profile

is similar to that in a laminar flow but without a 45º

phase ahead of the free stream velocity near the initial

bed. The transport rate formula obtained includes basic

erosion depth and free stream velocity which could be

related to the traditional 3/2 power law in terms of

Shields parameter. In addition, the formula includes an

important factor of erosion depth and oscillatory

boundary layer thickness due to integration of non-

uniform velocity profile.

Sediment transport in pure velocity-skewed flows

and pure acceleration-skewed flows are well predicted,

and the effects of velocity skewness and acceleration

skewness are isolated. The tendency of transport rate

decreasing with the increase of sediment size under the

same flow conditions is well predicted by the present

model, because decreasing erosion depth is correctly

performed. Large offshore transport rate for fine

sediment in pure velocity-skewed flows could also be

predicted correctly by present model with well expressed

minimum erosion depth caused by phase-lag, and

relatively larger offshore near bed velocity represented

by relatively small offshore wave boundary layer

thickness. For pure acceleration-skewed flows with

β>0.5, positive net sediment transport rate and its

increasing tendency with increasing β are both correctly

predicted by present model. One reason is the expressed

larger onshore near bed velocity represented by

relatively smaller onshore wave boundary layer

thickness. The other is because larger peak bed shear

stress in crest half period than trough half period with

less time developed boundary layer is well expressed by

present friction factor definition.

(1) FA5010: D=0.13mm, T=5.0s (3) MA5010: D=0.27mm, T=5.0s (5) CA5010: D=0.46mm, T=5.0s

(2) FA7515: D=0.13mm, T=7.5s (4) MA7515: D=0.27mm, T=7.5s (6) CA7515: D=0.46mm, T=7.5s

Fig. 4 Predicted sediment transport rate for O’Donoghue and Wright (2010) experiments

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(1) S556015f: D=0.15mm, β=0.58 (3) S556015m: D=0.27mm, β=0.58 (5) S556015c: D=0.46mm, β=0.58

(2) S706015f: D=0.15mm, β=0.70 (4) S706015m: D=0.27mm, β=0.70 (6) S706015c: D=0.46mm, β=0.71

Fig. 5 Predicted sediment transport rate for vander A et al. (2010a) experiments

(1) Ribberink (1998) (2) Nielsen (2006)

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(3) Silva et al. (2006) (4) Present model

Fig. 6 Net sediment transport rate prediction

In summary, the present formula is validated widely

by data for both instantaneous and net sediment transport

rates. The magnitude and direction of sediment transport

under a wide range of flow and sediment conditions

could be well described by the present model. The

effects of acceleration, sediment sizes, wave boundary

layer thickness and phase-lag between concentration and

flow velocity are all considered. Both instantaneous and

net sediment transport rates can be predicted very well.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The study is supported by China Postdoctoral

Science Foundation under grant No. 2012M520291 and

State Key Laboratory of Hydro-science and Engineering,

Tsinghua University under grant No. 2011-KY-1.

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