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Shields parameter
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<h2 id="physical-meaning">Physical meaning</h2> <p>By multiplying the top and bottom of the Shields parameter by <i>D</i>2, you can see that it is proportional to the ratio of fluid force on the particle to the weight of the particle. </p> <ul><li>Shields, A.. (1936). <a href="https://repository.tudelft.nl/record/uuid:61a19716-a994-4942-9906-f680eb9952d6"><i>Anwendung der Aehnlichkeitsmechanik und der Turbulenzforschung auf die Geschiebebewegung</i></a> [<i>Application of similarity mechanics and turbulence research on shear flow</i>]. Mitteilungen der Preußischen Versuchsanstalt für Wasserbau (in German). Vol. 26. Berlin: Preußische Versuchsanstalt für Wasserbau.</li> <li>Shields, A. (1936). <a href="https://repository.tudelft.nl/record/uuid:a66ea380-ffa3-449b-b59f-38a35b2c6658">"Application of similarity principles and turbulence research to bed-load movement (translated version)"</a>. <i>Caltech Library</i>. Mitteilungen der Preußischen Versuchsanstalt für Wasserbau. 26. Berlin: Preußische Versuchsanstalt für Wasserbau.</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li>Southard, John. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110629125255/http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/earth-atmospheric-and-planetary-sciences/12-090-special-topics-an-introduction-to-fluid-motions-sediment-transport-and-current-generated-sedimentary-structures-fall-2006/lecture-notes/ch9.pdf">"Chapter 9 – Threshold of movement"</a> (PDF). <i>Lecture notes – Special topics: An introduction to fluid motions, sediment transport, and current-generated sedimentary structures</i>. <a href="/facts/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology/Xk49vNA8">MIT</a> Open Courseware. Archived from <a href="http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/earth-atmospheric-and-planetary-sciences/12-090-special-topics-an-introduction-to-fluid-motions-sediment-transport-and-current-generated-sedimentary-structures-fall-2006/lecture-notes/ch9.pdf">the original</a> (PDF) on 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2011-01-31.</li> <li>Schiereck, Gerrit Jan (2012). "ch2 and 3". <a href="http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:7e6e6425-8304-4992-96be-aa277811f616"><i>Introduction to bed, bank and shoreline protection</i></a>. Delft, Netherlands: Delft Academic Press. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-90-6562-306-5. Retrieved 2024-08-25.</li></ul>