Hydrodynamic drag force exerted on a moving floc and its implication to free-settling tests

Water Research

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 760-768

  Wu, R M ^a   Lee, D J ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Drag force; FIDAP; Floc free settling; Stokes' law

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAG; HYDRODYNAMICS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; POROUS MATERIALS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

DRAG FORCE; FLOCS; FREE SETTLING TESTS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

DRAG; HYDRODYNAMIC FORCE; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; NEWTONIAN FLUID;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DENSITY; FLOCCULATION; FORCE; HYDRODYNAMICS; PERMEABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0032032133     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(97)00320-5     Document Type: Article

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