A model for the movement of large solids in small sewers

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 69-76

  Butler, D ^a   Littlewood, K ^b   Orman, N ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b WRC PLC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gross solids; Intermittent flow; Limiting solid transport distance; Sliding dam; Small sewers

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FLOW OF SOLIDS; FRICTION; HYDRAULIC MODELS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

GROSS SOLIDS; IMITING SOLID TRANSPORT DISTANCE; INTERMITTENT FLOW; SLIDING DAM; SMALL SEWERS;

COMBINED SEWERS;

SEWER NETWORK;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; FRICTION; PHYSICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; SEWER; SOLID WASTE;

HUMULUS LUPULUS;

EID: 27244460206     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2005.0112     Document Type: Article

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