pydune.physics.sedtransport.transport_laws

Sediment transport laws. Here, sediment fluxes are made non dimensional by the characteristic flux \(Q = \sqrt{\displaystyle\frac{(\rho_{\rm p} - \rho_{\rm f}) g d}{\rho_{\rm f}}}d\).

Functions

cubic_transport_law	Cubic transport law \(q_{\rm sat}/Q = \Omega \sqrt{\theta}(\theta - \theta_{\rm th})\), from Duràn et al. 2011.
quadratic_transport_law	Quadratic transport law \(q_{\rm sat}/Q = \Omega \sqrt{\theta_{\rm th}}(\theta - \theta_{\rm th})\), from Duràn et al. 2011.
quartic_transport_law	Quartic transport law \(q_{\rm sat}/Q = \frac{2\sqrt{\theta_{\rm th}}}{\kappa\mu}(\theta - \theta_{\rm th})\left[1 + \frac{C_{\rm M}}{\mu}(\theta - \theta_{\rm th})\right]\) from Pähtz et al. 2020.