TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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List of Figures --------------------- ii 



List of Tables ii 



List of Symbols -------------------- iii 



ABSTRACT 1 



1 . INTRODUCTION 1 



2. FORMULATION OF THE PROBLEM 2 



3. OSCILLATORY-BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW 3 



a. Theoretical Considerations ------------ 3 



(i) Laminar Case ---------------- 3 



(ii) Turbulent Case --------------- 7 



b. Experimental Work ___--_---------- 8 



4. HYDRODYNAMIC EFFECTS OF THE FLOW ON THE BOUNDARY - - 9 



a. Theories of Sediment Transport in Rivers ----- 9 



b. The Bed-Load Equation -------------- 12 



5„ DETERMINATION OF A^, B^ and T| 19 



6. DETERMINATION OF c Q 21 



7. A PARTICULAR CASE OF THE SECONDARY DRIFT 23 



8. SUMMARY OF RESULTS 24 



9. DISCUSSION OF RESULTS 26 



10. CONCLUSIONS 28 



11. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 28 



12. REFERENCES 29 



FIGURES (1-11) 31-38 



APPENDICES 



A - Stability of Oscillatory Laminar Flow Along a Wall 



B - Determination of Velocity and Phase Shift Distribution 



C - Determination of the Parameters A^., B^ and 1/T) 



D - Tables 



