Meyer-Peter–Müller bed-load formula

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The Meyer-Peter–Müller bed-load formula is a classic empirical equation in fluvial hydraulics used to estimate the transport rate of coarse sediment along a riverbed under given flow conditions.

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instanceOf empirical hydraulic equation
sediment transport formula
appliesTo alluvial rivers
bed-load transport
coarse sediment
uniform sediment beds
assumes bed-load dominant transport
non-cohesive sediment
steady uniform flow
basedOn flume experiments
uniform gravel beds
category bed-load transport equation
countryOfOrigin Switzerland
developedBy Egon Meyer-Peter
Rudolf Müller
estimates bed-load transport rate
field fluvial hydraulics
river engineering
sediment transport
hasVariant Meyer-Peter–Müller bed-load formula self-linksurface differs
surface form: Meyer-Peter–Müller 1948 formula

Meyer-Peter–Müller bed-load formula self-linksurface differs
surface form: modified Meyer-Peter–Müller formula
influenced subsequent bed-load transport formulas
input bed shear stress
channel slope
critical shear stress
sediment density
sediment grain size
water density
languageOfOriginalPublication German
limitation less accurate for fine sand
less accurate for very steep slopes
limited validation for mixed-size sediments
predicts volumetric bed-load transport per unit width
publicationYear 1948
publishedIn Schweizerische Bauzeitung
relationType power-law
typicalSedimentSizeRange coarse sand
gravel
small cobbles
usedBy fluvial geomorphologists
hydraulic engineers
river modelers
usesConcept Shields parameter
dimensionless shear stress
widelyUsedIn morphodynamic modeling
river engineering design
sediment management studies

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Einstein bed-load function relatedTo Meyer-Peter–Müller bed-load formula
Shields parameter relatedTo Meyer-Peter–Müller bed-load formula
this entity surface form: Meyer-Peter–Müller formula
Meyer-Peter–Müller bed-load formula hasVariant Meyer-Peter–Müller bed-load formula self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Meyer-Peter–Müller 1948 formula
Meyer-Peter–Müller bed-load formula hasVariant Meyer-Peter–Müller bed-load formula self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: modified Meyer-Peter–Müller formula