Dynamics of particle clouds in ambient currents with application to open-water sediment disposal

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 114-123

  Gensheimer, R James ^a   Adams, E Eric ^b   Law, Adrian W K ^c  

^a USS Farragut ^*  (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Current; Dredged material; Particle cloud; Sediment disposal; Thermal

Indexed keywords

CURRENT SPEED; DREDGED MATERIALS; PARTICLE CLOUDS; QUIESCENT CONDITIONS; SEDIMENT DISPOSAL; THERMAL; VISUALIZATION EXPERIMENT; WATER DEPTH; 'CURRENT; AMBIENTS; FLOW VISUALISATION; OPEN WATER; PARTICLE; PARTICLES SIZES; THERMAL FACTORS; WATER-SEDIMENTS;

DREDGING; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE;

SEDIMENTS;

CLOUD; FLOW VELOCITY; FLUID FLOW; OPEN WATER; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; VISUALIZATION; WATER DEPTH;

EID: 84879591943     PISSN: 07339429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-7900.0000659     Document Type: Article

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