Application of Ergun equation to computation of critical shear velocity subject to seepage

Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 278-283

  Cheng, Nian Sheng ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Computation; Equation of motion; Sediment; Seepage; Velocity

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; PACKED BEDS; SEDIMENTS; SEEPAGE;

HYDRAULIC GRADIENTS;

DRAINAGE;

HYDRODYNAMIC FORCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; POROUS MEDIUM; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEEPAGE;

HYDRODYNAMIC FORCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; POROUS MEDIUM; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEEPAGE;

EID: 0041823384     PISSN: 07339437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9437(2003)129:4(278)     Document Type: Article

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