Hydrodynamic modelling of sedimentation tanks

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering

Volumn 210, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 83-91

  Quarini, G ^a   Innes H ^a   Smith, M ^a   Wise, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Effluents; Hydrodynamic modelling; Sedimentation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EFFLUENTS; HYDRAULICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SEDIMENTATION; VISCOSITY;

FROUDE NUMBER; HYDRODYNAMIC MODELLING; MOLECULAR VISCOSITY; TURBULENT VISCOSITY; VERTICAL VELOCITY;

SETTLING TANKS;

EFFLUENT TREATMENT; HYDRODYNAMICS; MODELLING-MATHEMATICAL; SEDIMENTATION TANKS;

EID: 0042350601     PISSN: 09544089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/PIME_PROC_1996_210_300_02     Document Type: Article

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