An acoustic Doppler velocimeter (ADV) for the characterisation of turbulence in concentrated fluid mud

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 20, Issue 12-13, 2000, Pages 1551-1567

  Gratiot, Nicolas ^a   Mory, Mathieu ^a   Auchère, Daniel ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Acoustic; Fluid mud; Turbulence; Velocimeter

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC FLOWMETER; MUD FLOW; TURBULENCE MEASUREMENT; VELOCIMETRY;

ACOUSTIC EQUIPMENT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MUDFLOW; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY;

EID: 0033851379     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-4343(00)00037-6     Document Type: Article

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