Peter Wilcock on Gravel Bed Rivers, Partial Transport, Armor Layer Persistence and Channel Design (Plus Wilcock & Crowe)

When HEC hired me to add sediment transport to HEC-RAS almost 20 years ago now, I inherited a set of sediment transport functions that were mostly developed in the early to mid 20th century. These were – and continue to be – important equations. But when I sat down with the RAS team To talk about the new science I was excited to include in a river mechanics model. I pulled out the same binder I brought to this interview We are wrapping up our third season of the podcast, a...