On the behavior of mud floc size distribution: Model calibration and model behavior

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 61, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 257-271

  Mietta, Francesca ^a   Chassagne, Claire ^a   Verney, Romaric ^b   Winterwerp, Johan C ^a,c  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b IFREMER   (France)

^c DELTARES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Potential; Discretization into classes; Flocculation; Kaolinite; Natural mud; Population balance equation

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE VALUES; BIMODAL DISTRIBUTION; BREAK-UP RATES; CLASS I; CLOSED SYSTEMS; COLLISION EFFICIENCY; COLLISION FREQUENCY; DECREASE LINEARLY; DISCRETIZATION INTO CLASSES; DISSOLVED SALT; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLOC SIZE; FLOC SIZE DISTRIBUTION; GEOMETRICAL SERIES; GLOBAL PARAMETERS; HIGH PH; IN-SITU; KOLMOGOROV; MASS CONSERVATION; MICRO-SCALES; MODEL CALIBRATION; MUD FLOCS; NATURAL MUD; POPULATION BALANCE EQUATION; PRIMARY PARTICLES; SHEAR RATES; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; FLOCCULATION; FRACTAL DIMENSION; KAOLIN; KAOLINITE; SHEAR DEFORMATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOCCULATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; HOMOGENEITY; KAOLINITE; LABORATORY METHOD; LINEARITY; MUD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; POROSITY; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; WATER MASS;

EID: 79955860256     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-010-0330-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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