Flocculation model of cohesive sediment using variable fractal dimension

Environmental Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-71

  Son, Minwoo ^a   Hsu, Tian Jian ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Breakup; Cohesive sediment; Equilibrium floc size; Flocculation; Fractal dimension

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; DILUTION; FLOCCULATION; FRACTAL DIMENSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TURBULENCE;

COHESIVE SEDIMENT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOCCULATION; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; THEORETICAL STUDY; TURBULENCE;

EID: 39649091638     PISSN: 15677419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10652-007-9050-7     Document Type: Article

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