Simple equations to calculate fall velocity and sediment scale parameter

Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 146-150

  Ahrens, John P ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Grain size; Sediment; Settling velocity

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; LAMINAR FLOW; SEDIMENTS; TURBULENT FLOW;

FALL VELOCITY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

GRAIN SIZE; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SEDIMENTATION; SETTLING VELOCITY;

EID: 0038353938     PISSN: 0733950X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-950X(2003)129:3(146)     Document Type: Article

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