Motion of bed-loads under the influence of flow of a liquid

Equations are obtained for the motion of a water-soil mixture in the layer next to the base. The water-soil mixture is modeled by means of a viscous-friable medium, and the acceleration of the mixture is assumed to be small and is not taken into account. The validity of the equations is confirmed by the experimental data for the following characteristics of uniform motion of a flow: for the speed of the start of particles touching on an even bed and with allowance for inclines of a bed, and also for the flow rate of loads on an even bed.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 2, pp. 182–185.The author is grateful to A. G. Kulikovskii, V. Ya. Shkadov, and M. É. Églit for discussing the results of the study.