It's Tuesday, I think. Yes, looking at the computer's calendar, it's definitely Tuesday. Yesterday I pulled out my department's high speed camera and grabbed some footage of sediment being transported within the flume designed and built by LRR&D. Here's some bed and suspended load transport for your viewing enjoyment:
Granular Sediment Transport from Matt Kuchta on Vimeo.
Sediment transport in a flume. Sediment is color coded media (sg ~ 1.5), flow velocity ~1 m/s. 2,000 fps video. Shot at Little River Research & Design's display booth at 2013 GSA meeting in Denver, CO.
somewhere Ascher Shapiro is smiling!
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