Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52469#.VJoLqcCAM4 Author(s) Ishraq Alfadhli * , Shu-Qing Yang , Muttucumaru ivakumar Affiliation(s) School of Civil, Mining and Environmental Engineering, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia . ABSTRACT This paper makes an attempt to answer why the observed critical Shields stress for incipient sediment motion deviates from the Shields curve. The measured dataset collected from literature show that the critical Shields stress widely deviates from the Shields diagram’s prediction. This paper has re-examined the possible mechanisms responsible for the validity of Shields’ diagram and found that, among many factors, the ver...
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