Fluvial Sediment Transport is an introduction to hydraulics, methods for quantifying sediment, and theories of the entrainment and movement of sediment in unidirectional flows. It is intended to help graduate students in geology and stream ecology gain background for their research, and to help those students converse with engineering colleagues after graduation. The class takes a fairly engineering approach to hydraulics, but stresses concepts over continuum dynamics—little calculus is used, and knowledge of differentiation and integration is not required.

Like the other classes in this series (Hydrology and Coastal Processes), this class stresses outside labwork. During the first four weeks of the semester, we use the nearby Cuyahoga River as a natural lab to measure sediment discharge, and use Kent’s sediment lab to quantify the nature of the sediment moving in the Cuyahoga.

Fluvial Sediment Transport is taught in the fall, in even years. It will next be taught in Fall 2006.

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