The invention relates to the technical field of hydrological
sediment monitoring, and discloses a
sediment content calculation method, which comprises the following steps: acquiring a single-point flow
velocity vector, a single-point original
sediment content and a total
water depth of a measuring point; constructing a non-constant
inertia index combining the flow velocity change rate and the single-point flow velocity modulus; determining a dynamic
lag time window by using a non-constant
inertia index and acquiring a reference sand content; calculating a vertical
density gradient and a gradient Richardson number by using the reference sand content, and determining a turbulence suppression factor; respectively correcting a vertical flow velocity
distribution function and a sand
content distribution function by using a turbulence suppression factor and a non-constant
inertia index, and constructing a vertical flow velocity distribution data column and a sand
content distribution data column through iterative calculation; and integrating to obtain the single-width
sediment transport modulus. According to the method, sediment response
lag is corrected by introducing a non-constant inertia index and a dynamic
lag time window, the damping effect of density stratification on turbulent flow is quantified by using a turbulent flow suppression factor, and the full-water deep-
water sediment structure under the non-constant flow condition is accurately inverted by using single-
point data.