Journal article
Cohesive sediment transport in a rotating circular flume
Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Hydroscience and Engineering
12 Apr 2007
Abstract
In this paper, a laboratory study to examine the flocculation mechanism of cohesive sediments is described. A rotating circular flume was used to carry out the study. Two types of sediments were tested; a river sediment and a pond sediment. Deposition experiments were carried out using the sediment-water mixture in the flume, and in-situ size distributions of sediment flocs were measured to assess the flocculation of sediment. The data collected from these experiments were used to calibrate and test a mathematical model of flocculation and settling in a rotating circular flume. This model was developed by the author from a previous study. Results showed that the model predicted the flocculation and the transport of cohesive sediment in the rotating circular flume well for both type of sediments.
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- Title
- Cohesive sediment transport in a rotating circular flume
- Creators
- Bommanna G. Krishnappan (Author) - Drexel University (1970-)
- Publication Details
- Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Hydroscience and Engineering
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- DU; College of Engineering; Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering
- Identifiers
- 991014632332904721