Effect of air release height on the formation of sediment thermals in water

Journal of Hydraulic Research

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 532-540

  Zhao, Bing ^a   Law, Adrian W K ^a   Eric Adams, E ^b   Shao, Dongdong ^c   Huang, Zhenhua ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dredged material; miscible thermal; particle cloud; sediment disposal; virtual origin

Indexed keywords

DREDGED MATERIALS; MISCIBLE THERMAL; PARTICLE CLOUDS; SEDIMENT DISPOSAL; VIRTUAL ORIGIN;

AIR; DREDGING; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

SEDIMENTS;

AIRFLOW; BUOYANCY; DREDGING; FROUDE NUMBER; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; PENETRATION; PREDICTION; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84867806793     PISSN: 00221686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221686.2012.715094     Document Type: Article

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