Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1980

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Tennant, Jeffrey S.

Abstract

The objectives of this investigation were: (1) to find the relationship between the sand movement velocity and the force induced using a small model basin, (2) to find and build a sand transport meter and apply the relation from (1) together to measure the velocity fluctuation and quantity of sand movement on the beach. The idea of model basin comes from the fluidized bed concept. Using this model, the complicated influences that happen during the field measurement can be prevented, and a prime relation can be applied to the field measurement. In the model basin experiment, the force induced by the drag is related to the velocity of power around 0. 62. In the field measurement on the beach, the initial goal could not be reached because of the appearance of the unexpected low frequency signal which was initiated by the wave motion itself. However, the device and idea of this experlment were proven to be good and feasible.

Extent

58 p.

Comments

College of Engineering and Computer Science|Thesis (M.S.E.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1980.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|College of Engineering and Computer Science

Identifier

FADT14021

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