Comparative Analysis of Suspended Load Transport Function for Vaitarna River
Research Scholar,Department of Civil Engineering Dr. S & S. S. Ghandhy Government Engineering College, Surat, Gujarat, India, India
ABSTRACT
the present paper discusses the outcome of the comparative analysis of the applicability of Bagnold (1966), Wiuff (1985) and Celik & Rodi (1991) Suspended load transport functions for Vaitarna River. Statistical parameters such as Root Mean Square Error (RMSE), Discrepancy Ratio (DR) and Inequality Coefficient (U) have been computed for evaluating the performance of the selected formulas. Graphical comparisons are done to demonstrate the performance and variations for different data sets. Score in terms of percentage of discrepancy ratio within the range 0.5 to 2.0 are calculated for comparison. Analytical evaluation reveals that Bagnold (1966) Suspended load transport formula holds good for Vaitarna River with score of 98.90% while Wuiff and Celik & Rodi Suspended Transport formula are incapable in predicting the Suspended Load for Vaitarna River to a satisfactory level.
