Cohesive sediments in open channels : properties, transport, and applications

Control the impact of cohesive sediments on open channels by managing the effects of silt, clay and other sediments in harbors, estuaries and reservoirs. Cohesive Sediments in Open Channels provides you with a practical framework for understanding how cohesive sediments are transported, deposited an...

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Main Author Partheniades, Emmanuel
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Amsterdam ; Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann/Elsevier, ©2009.
Subjects
Sediment transport.
Sediment control.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781856175562
1856175561
9780080877976
0080877974
1282168002
9781282168008
9786612168000
6612168005
Physical Description1 online resource (xv, 358 pages) : illustrations, maps

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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • Chapter 2: The Mineralogy and the physicochemicalProperties of Cohesive Sediments
  • Chapter 3: Forces Between Clay Particles and the Process of Flocculation
  • Chapter 4: The Hydrodynamic Transport Processes of Cohesive Sediments and the Governing Equations
  • Chapter 5: Rheologic Properties of Cohesive Sediment Suspensions
  • Chapter 6: Erosion of Cohesive Soils
  • Chapter 7: Deposition and Resuspension of Cohesive Soils
  • Chapter 8: Engineering Applications of Cohesive Sediment Dynamics.

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