The effect of variable yield strength and variable fractal dimension on flocculation of cohesive sediment

Water Research

Volumn 43, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 3582-3592

  Son, M ^a   Hsu, T J ^b  

^a J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^b University of Delaware   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Breakup; Floc; Flocculation; Fractal dimension; Yield strength

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; DROP BREAKUP; FLOCCULATION; OSTWALD RIPENING; YIELD STRESS;

COHESIVE SEDIMENTS; EMPIRICAL COEFFICIENTS; FLOC; FLOCCULATION MODEL; FLOCCULATION PROCESS; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; THEORETICAL VALUES; VARIABLE YIELD;

FRACTAL DIMENSION;

COHESIVE SEDIMENT; FLOCCULATION; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; LABORATORY METHOD; PREDICTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THEORETICAL STUDY; YIELD RESPONSE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOCCULATION; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARAMETRIC TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT;

EID: 67649962905     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.05.016     Document Type: Article

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