The viscoelastic behaviour of raw and anaerobic digested sludge: Strong similarities with soft-glassy materials

Water Research

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 173-180

  Baudez, Jean Christophe ^a,b   Gupta, Rahul K ^a   Eshtiaghi, Nicky ^a   Slatter, Paul ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Cemagref   (France)

Author keywords

Glassy materials; Rheology; Sewage sludge; Soft matter; Time temperature superposition; Visco elasticity

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL WATER TREATMENT; RHEOLOGY; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SOLS; VISCOELASTICITY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

GLASSY MATERIALS; INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT; OSCILLATORY MEASUREMENTS; RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIOUR; SOFT GLASSY MATERIALS; SOFT MATTER; TIME TEMPERATURE SUPERPOSITION; VISCOELASTIC BEHAVIOUR;

GLASS;

GLASS;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; RHEOLOGY; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE; VISCOELASTICITY; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANAEROBIC DIGESTED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; EMULSION; FLOW KINETICS; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAW SLUDGE; TEMPERATURE; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 84870052873     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.09.048     Document Type: Article

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