A simple formula to estimate settling velocity of natural sediments

Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 70-78

  Jiménez, José A ^a   Madsen, Ole S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Grain size; Sediment; Settling velocity

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; SEDIMENTS; VELOCITY;

SETTLING VELOCITY;

OCEAN ENGINEERING;

GRAIN SIZE; NUMERICAL METHOD; SEDIMENT; SETTLING VELOCITY;

EID: 0037343195     PISSN: 0733950X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-950X(2003)129:2(70)     Document Type: Article

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