The laminar/turbulent transition in a sludge pipeline

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 697-702

  Eshtiaghi, Nicky ^a   Markis, Flora ^a   Slatter, Paul ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

High concentration sludge; Laminar flow; Non Newtonian fluids; Transport processes; Turbulence; Viscoplastic

Indexed keywords

APPARENT VISCOSITY; ENGINEERING DESIGN; FLOW BEHAVIOURS; HIGH CONCENTRATION; NON-NEWTONIAN; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; PREDICTIVE MODELS; SLUDGE TREATMENT; TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS; TRANSITION VELOCITIES; TRANSPORT PROCESS; VISCOPLASTIC; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

LAMINAR FLOW; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; TURBULENCE;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DESIGN; LAMINAR FLOW; PIPELINE; PRESSURE EFFECT; SLUDGE; SUSPENDED LOAD; TURBULENT FLOW; VISCOSITY; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; FLOW KINETICS; FLOW RATE; LAMINAR FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PIPELINE; SLUDGE TREATMENT; TURBULENT FLOW; VISCOSITY;

ENGINEERING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RHEOLOGY; SEWAGE; VISCOSITY; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 84857402826     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2012.893     Document Type: Article

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