Length and Time Scales of Response of Sediment Suspensions to Changing Flow Conditions

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Volumn 138, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 430-439

  Dorrell, Robert M ^a   Hogg, Andrew J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eddy diffusivity; Flow boundary conditions; Sedimentation; Suspended sediment concentration; Timescale of response

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE FLUX; CHARACTERISTIC LENGTH; DIFFUSION PROCESS; DIFFUSIVE FLUX; EDDY DIFFUSIVITIES; FLOW BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FLOW CONDITION; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; SEDIMENT SUSPENSION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS; TIME-SCALES; TURBULENT FLUCTUATION; TURBULENT SUSPENSION;

DIFFUSION; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TIME MEASUREMENT;

SEDIMENTS;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIFFUSIVITY; EDDY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 84860891215     PISSN: 07339429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-7900.0000532     Document Type: Article

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