Shear rheological properties of fresh human faeces with different moisture content

Water SA

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 273-276

  Woolley, S M ^a   Cottingham, R S ^a   Pocock, J ^a   Buckley, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Flow curve; Human stool; Mechanical properties; Viscosity; Water content; Yield stress

Indexed keywords

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR DEFORMATION; WATER CONTENT; YIELD STRESS;

APPARENT VISCOSITY; DEGREE OF TRANSFORMATION; DIFFERENT MOISTURE CONTENTS; FLOW CURVES; HUMAN STOOL; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; ROTATIONAL RHEOMETER;

VISCOSITY;

EQUIPMENT; FECES; MOISTURE CONTENT; RHEOLOGY; ROTATION; SHEAR FLOW; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VISCOSITY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84897085906     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: 18167950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/wsa.v40i2.9     Document Type: Article

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