Meyer-Peter & Müller (1948)

The Meyer-Peter & Müller formula¹ was originally developed for bed-load, but it is used as a total load formula in MIKE 1D, i.e. the total load can be divided into bed-load and suspended load:

\[ \phi_{t} = 8\ \left( \theta' - \theta_{c} \right)^{1.5} \]

Equation: Meyer-Peter & Müller total sediment transport.

The critical Shields parameter is defined by the user and can be modified by the Ashida & Michiue (1972) hiding function in graded sediment models. The extension to graded sediment is done by the default method by multiplying the loads by the surface weights.

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1. Meyer-Peter, E., & Müller, R. (1948). Formulas for bed-load transport. In IAHSR 2nd meeting, Stockholm, appendix 2. IAHR. ↩