Formulas for Sediment Porosity and Settling Velocity

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Volumn 132, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 858-862

  Wu, Weiming ^a   Wang, Sam S Y ^a  

^a The University of Mississippi   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEDIMENT POROSITIES; SEDIMENT SETTLING; SETTLING VELOCITY;

POROSITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POROSITY; RELIABILITY; SEDIMENTS; VELOCITY;

FORMULAS; SEDIMENT DEPOSIT; SETTLING VELOCITY;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POROSITY; RELIABILITY; SEDIMENTS; VELOCITY;

PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SETTLING VELOCITY;

EID: 33746140450     PISSN: 07339429     EISSN: 19437900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(2006)132:8(858)     Document Type: Article

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