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Cohesive Sediments in Open Channels

Erosion, Transport and Deposition

  • 1st Edition - March 23, 2009
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Emmanuel Partheniades
  • Language: English

Approx.384… Read more

Description

Approx.384 pages

Key features

  • Properties and of the nature and the origin of the interparticle physicochemical forces
  • The forces between clay particles and the process of flocculation
  • Processes and dynamics of flocculation and the hydrodynamic behavior of cohesive sediments
  • Transport processes of sediments by flowing water and related equations are first presented and explained
  • Deposition and resuspension of beds deposited from suspension from flowing waters
  • Engineering applications of the hydraulics of cohesive sediments

Readership

Environmental Engineers, Civil Engineers, Hydrologists, Water Resources Professionals, Hydrogeologists, and Coastal Engineers

Table of contents

1: Introduction2: The Mineralogy and the physicochemicalProperties of Cohesive Sediments3: Forces Between Clay Particles and the Process of Flocculation4: The Hydrodynamic Transport Processes of Cohesive Sediments and the Governing Equations 5: Rheologic Properties of Cohesive Sediment Suspensions6: Erosion of Cohesive Soils7: Deposition and Resuspension of Cohesive Soils8: Engineering Applications of Cohesive Sediment Dynamics

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: August 7, 2013
  • Language: English

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