Fractal dimensions of cohesive sediment during settling in steady state flow with different initial sediment concentrations

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 658-664

  Stone, M ^a   Krishnappan, B G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Annular flume; Cohesive sediment; Deposition; Flocculation; Fractal dimensions; Particle morphology

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION EFFECTS; DEPOSITION; FLOCCULATION; FLUID MECHANICS; FRACTALS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SHEAR STRESS; STEADY FLOW;

ANNULAR FLUME; COHESIVE SEDIMENT; FRACTAL DIMENSIONS; PARTICLE MORPHOLOGY;

SEDIMENTS;

FRACTAL ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SETTLING;

FRACTAL ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SETTLING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 27344444831     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/l05-011     Document Type: Article

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