In Situ Measurements of Settling Velocity near Baimao Shoal in Changjiang Estuary

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 372-380

  Shao, YuYang ^a   Yan, Yixin ^a   Maa, Jerome Pea Yea ^b  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Baimao shoal; Changjiang Estuary; Cohesive sediments; Fine grained sediments; Floc density; Floc size; Settling velocity

Indexed keywords

BAIMAO SHOAL; CHANGJIANG ESTUARY; COHESIVE SEDIMENTS; FINE-GRAINED SEDIMENT; FLOC DENSITY; FLOC SIZE; SETTLING VELOCITY;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ESTIMATION; ESTUARIES; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL BURST SWITCHING; SEDIMENTOLOGY; VELOCITY;

SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

ALGORITHM; COHESIVE SEDIMENT; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; PARTICLE SETTLING; SETTLING VELOCITY; SHEAR STRESS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; WATER COLUMN;

CHINA; YANGTZE ESTUARY;

EID: 79952328566     PISSN: 07339429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-7900.0000312     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Agrawal Y.C. Pottsmith H.C. Instruments for particle size and settling velocity observations in sediment transport. Marine Geol. 2000, 168(1-4):89-114. MAGEA6, 0025-3227, 10.1016/S0025-3227(00)00044-X, and.
2. Burban P.-Y. Lick W. Lick J. The flocculation of fine-grained sediments in estuarine waters. J. Geophys. Res. 1989, 94(C6):8323-8330. JGREA2, 0148-0227, 10.1029/JC094iC06p08323, and.
3. Burt T.N. Field settling velocities of estuary muds. Estuarine cohesive sediment dynamics 1986, 126-150. A. J. Mehta, In: ed., Springer, Berlin.
4. Chang F.M. Simmons D.B. Richardson E.V. Total bed-material discharge in alluvial channels. Proc., 12th IAHR Congress 1967, I:132-140. and Vol. Water Resources Publications, Littleton, CO.
5. Chien N. Wan Z.H. Mechanics of sediment transport 1999, and Trans. J. S. McNown, ASCE, Reston, VA.
6. Dean R.G. Dalrymple R.A. Water wave mechanics for engineers and scientists 1992, 353. and World Scientific, Singapore.
7. Downing J.P. An optical instrument for monitoring suspended particles in ocean and laboratory. Proc., Oceans '83 1983, 199-202. IEEE, Reston, VA.
8. Dyer K.R. Manning A.J. Observation of the size, settling velocity, and effective density of flocs, and their fractal dimension. J. Sea Res. 1999, 41(1/2):87-95. JSREFN, 1385-1101, 10.1016/S1385-1101(98)00036-7, and.
9. Dyer K.R. A comparison of in situ techniques for estuarine floc settling velocity measurements. J. Sea Res. 1996, 36(1/2):15-29. JSREFN, 1385-1101, 10.1016/S1385-1101(96)90766-2.
10. Fennessy M.J. Dyer K.R. Huntley D.A. INSSEV: An instrument to measure the size and settling velocity of flocs in-situ. Marine Geol. 1994, 117:107-117. MAGEA6, 0025-3227, 10.1016/0025-3227(94)90009-4, and.
11. Fettweis M. Uncertainty of excess density and settling velocity of mud floc derived from in-situ measurements. Estuarine Coastal Shelf Sci. 2008, 78:426-436. ECSSD3, 0272-7714, 10.1016/j.ecss.2008.01.007.
12. Fox J.M. Hill P.S. Milligan T.G. Ogston A.S. Boldrin A. Floc fraction in the waters of the Po River Prodelta. Continental Shelf Res. 2004, 24:1699-1715. CSHRDZ, 0278-4343, 10.1016/j.csr.2004.05.009, and.
13. Fugate D.C. Friedrichs C.T. Determining concentration and fall velocity of estuarine particle populations using ADV, OBS, and LISST. Continental Shelf Res. 2002, 22(11-13):1867-1886. CSHRDZ, 0278-4343, 10.1016/S0278-4343(02)00043-2, and.
14. Ganju N.K. Schoellhamer D.H. Murrell M.C. Gartner J.W. Wright S.A. Constancy of the relation between floc size and density in San Francisco Bay. Estuarine and coastal fine sediment dynamics 2003, 75-92. J. P.-Y. Maa, L. P. Sanford, D. H. Schoellhamer, and and eds., Elservier, Amsterdam.
15. Ha H.-K. Hsu W.-Y. Maa J.P.-Y. Shao Y.Y. Holland C.W. Using ADV acoustic backscatter strength for measuring suspended cohesive sediment concentrations. Continential Shelf Res. 2009, 29:1310-1316. CSHRDZ, 0278-4343, 10.1016/j.csr.2009.03.001, and.
16. Henderson F.M. Open channel flow 1966, MacMillan, New York.
17. Hill P.S. Syvitski J.P M. Cowan E.A. Powell R.D. In-situ observations of floc settling velocities in Glacier Bay Alaska. Marine Geol. 1998, 145:85-94. MAGEA6, 0025-3227, 10.1016/S0025-3227(97)00109-6, and.
18. Hunt J.R. Prediction of oceanic particle size distribution from coagulation and sedimentation mechanisms. Advances in chemistry series No. 189-particles in water 1980, 243-257. M. D. Kavanaugh, J. O. Keckie, and eds., American Chemical Society, Washington, DC.
19. Khelifa A. Hill P.S. Models for effective density and settling velocity of flocs. J. Hydraul. Res. 2006, 44(3):390-401. JHYRAF, 0022-1686, 10.1080/00221686.2006.9521690, and.
20. Kranenburg C. The fractal structure of cohesive sediment aggregates. Estuarine Coastal Shelf Sci. 1994, 39:451-460. ECSSD3, 0272-7714.
21. Kovalsky P. Bushell G. In situ measurement of fractal dimension using focused beam reflectance measurement. Chem. Eng. J. (London) 2005, 111:181-188. CMEJAJ, 1385-8947, 10.1016/j.cej.2005.02.020, and.
22. Lick W. Huang H. Jepsen R. Flocculation of fine-grained Sediments due to differential settling. J. Geophys. Res. 1993, 98(C6):10279-10288. JGREA2, 0148-0227, 10.1029/93JC00519, and.
23. Lyn D.A. Stamou A.I. Rodi W. Density currents and shear-induced flocculation in sedimentation tanks. J. Hydraul. Eng. 1992, 118(6):849-867. JHEND8, 0733-9429, 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(1992)118:6(849), and.
24. Maa J.P.-Y. Kwon J.-I. Using ADV for cohesive sediment settling velocity measurements. Estuarine Coastal Shelf Sci. 2007, 73:351-354. ECSSD3, 0272-7714, 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.01.008, and.
25. Maa J.P.-Y. Kwon J.-I. Hwang K.-N. Ha H.K. Critical bed shear stress for cohesive sediment deposition under steady flows. J. Hydraul. Eng. 2008, 134(12):1767-1771. JHEND8, 0733-9429, 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(2008)134:12(1767), and.
26. Mikkelsen O.A. Pejurp M. The use of a LISST-100 laser particle sizer for in-situ estimates of floc size, density and settling velocity. Geo-marine Lett. 2001, 20:187-195. GMLEDI, 1432-1157, 10.1007/s003670100064.
27. Owen M.W. The effect of turbulence on the settling velocities of silt flocs. Sedimentation in estuaries and river mouths, Proc., 14th IAHR Congress 1971, 4:27-32. SHF, Paris.
28. Prat O.P. Ducoste J.J. Modeling spatial distribution of floc size in turbulent processes using quadrature method of moment and computational fluid dynamics. Chem. Eng. Sci. 2006, 61(1):75-86. CESCAC, 0009-2509, 10.1016/j.ces.2004.11.070, and.
29. Sternberg R.W. Berhane I. Ogston A.S. Measurement of the size and settling velocity of suspended aggregates on the northern California continental shelf. Marine Geol. 1999, 154:43-54. MAGEA6, 0025-3227, 10.1016/S0025-3227(98)00102-9, and.
30. Van Leussen W. Estuarine macroflocs and their role in fine-grained sediment transport. 1994, Ph.D. thesis, Univ. of Utrecht, The Netherlands.
31. van Rijn L.C. Sediment transport. II: Suspended load transport. J. Hydraul. Eng. 1984, 110(11):1613-1641. JHEND8, 0733-9429, 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(1984)110:11(1613).
32. Wainright S.C. The contribution of resuspended marine sediments to the planktonic food web. 1988, Ph.D. Dissertation, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA.
33. Winterwerp J.C. A simple model for turbulence induced flocculation of cohesive sediment. J. Hydraul. Res. 1998, 36(3):309-326. JHYRAF, 0022-1686, 10.1080/00221689809498621.
34. Xia X.M. Li Y. Yang H. Wu C.Y. Sing T.H. Pong H.K. Observations on the size and settling velocity distributions of suspended sediment in Pearl River Estuary, China. Continental Shelf Res. 2004, 24:1809-1826. CSHRDZ, 0278-4343, 10.1016/j.csr.2004.06.009, and.
35. Zhang Z.-T. Wu C. Hou Y.-H. The principle of a model SLC9-2 current meter and its handling. Donghai Marine Sci. 2000, 18(1):61-64. and (in Chinese).