D-R-A-F-T
CC CARD: Clay Characteristics
Required for Clay
Card Description: Active parameters on this card cause the program to use the
specified parameter values in place of the default values.
Field
Variable
Value Description
0, C 1-2
IC1
CC
Card group identifier.
Option 1: Original Krone (1964) equations for
1
MTCL
1
deposition and
Ariathurai/Partheniades equations for erosion.
Option 2: Krone (1962 modified) equations for
2
deposition and
Alishahi & Krone (1964) for erosion
≥0
2
MNCL
Maximum number of consolidating layers (<10)
<0
Default = 4
≥0
3
TAUCD
Critical shear stress for deposition
<0
Default = 0.06 Newton/sq m
≥0
4
ERODCP
Critical shear stress for particle erosion
<0
Default = 0.06 kg/sq m/sec
≥0
5
EROCON
Constant for the erosion equation
<0
Default = 0.002 kg/sq m/sec
6
ESSE
>0
Excess shear stress exponent
<0
Default = 1.0
7
PMIN
Minimum deposition, P
See Reference Section: Alishahi and Krone, (1964) for wind wave generated waves
and Krone (1962; modified at high shear stress), for deposition.
See Also: "Clay Transport: Option 1" on page 12, Clay Transport: Option 2"
on page 13, and the "REFERENCES" section on page 147.
NOTE: Option 2 was added to SED2D v 452 in April 2001.
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