Articles | Volume 8, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-8-1067-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-8-1067-2020
Research article
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21 Dec 2020
Research article |  | 21 Dec 2020

Inertial drag and lift forces for coarse grains on rough alluvial beds measured using in-grain accelerometers

Georgios Maniatis, Trevor Hoey, Rebecca Hodge, Dieter Rickenmann, and Alexandre Badoux

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ESD, Inertial drag and lift forces for coarse grains measured using in-grain accelerometer G. Maniatis https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4358095

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One of the most interesting problems in geomorphology concerns the conditions that mobilise sediments grains in rivers. Newly developed smart pebbles allow for the measurement of those conditions directly if a suitable framework for analysis is followed. This paper connects such a framework with the physics used to described sediment motion and presents a series of laboratory and field smart-pebble deployments. Those quantify how grain shape affects the motion of coarse sediments in rivers.