A heuristic examination of cohesive sediment bed exchange in turbulent flows

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 779-789

  Letter, J V ^a   Mehta, A J ^b  

^a US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Deposition; Erosion; Floc shear strength; Marine environment; Probabilistic variables; Suspended sediment concentration

Indexed keywords

BED SHEAR STRESSS; COHESIVE SEDIMENTS; COLLISIONAL INTERACTIONS; CRITICAL SHEAR STRESS; EROSION AND DEPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; FLOC SHEAR STRENGTH; INTER-PARTICLE INTERACTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEAN VALUES; MULTI-CLASS; PARTICLE BEHAVIOR; PARTICLE DYNAMICS; PROBABILISTIC REPRESENTATION; PROBABILISTIC VARIABLES; SEDIMENT SIZE; SUSPENDED MATTERS; SUSPENDED PARTICLES; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EROSION; GROWTH KINETICS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHEAR STRENGTH; SHEAR STRESS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; TURBULENT FLOW;

AGGLOMERATION;

BEDLOAD; COHESIVE SEDIMENT; DEPOSITION; HEURISTICS; MARINE SEDIMENT; PARTICLE MOTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PROBABILITY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHEAR STRENGTH; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 79957659423     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2011.04.003     Document Type: Article

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