Two-phase modeling of sediment clouds

Environmental Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 435-463

  Lai, Adrian C H ^a   Zhao, Bing ^b   Law, Adrian Wing Keung ^b   Adams, E Eric ^c  

^a SINGAPORE MIT ALLIANCE FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Dredging; Land reclamation; Particle clouds; Sediment disposal; Thermals; Two phase flows

Indexed keywords

DREDGING; LAND RECLAMATION; MIXING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 84884165487     PISSN: 15677419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10652-013-9271-x     Document Type: Article

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