Development of a friability test for granular filter media

Water and Environment Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 87-91

  Humby, M S ^a   Fitzpatrick, C S B ^a   Stevenson, D G ^b  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Annular cell; Attrition testing; Friability test; Granular filter media; Ring shear tester

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; FILTER; LOADING TEST; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS;

EID: 0029991922     PISSN: 17476585     EISSN: 17476593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-6593.1996.tb00014.x     Document Type: Article

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