An introduction to hydraulics of fine sediment transport
Mehta, A.J. (2023). An introduction to hydraulics of fine sediment transport. Second edition. Advanced Series on Ocean Engineering, 56. World Scientific: New Jersey. ISBN 978-981-125-723-0. xxvi, 1027 pp. Part of: Liu, P.L.-F. (Ed.) Advanced Series on Ocean Engineering. World Scientific: Singapore. ISSN 1793-074X, more | |
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| Keywords | Deposition
Erosion
Motion > Fluid motion > Fluid flow
Sedimentary structures > Bed forms
Separation > Chemical precipitation > Flocculation
Settling
Wave motion
| | Author keywords | sediment classification; fine sediment properties; floc properties; transport load; bed formation; fluid mud properties; wave-mud properties; sedimentation phenomena |
| Abstract | This book expounds the hydraulics of fine sediment which is almost ubiquitously found in coastal and estuarine waters, and in rivers, lakes, and reservoirs. Although the basic subject may be categorized as applied marine physics in shallow waters, several physicochemical and biological effects on particulate transport have been addressed.
In this second edition most of the chapters have been substantially updated, rewritten, and expanded. Overall, a significant change has also been made throughout by replacing sediment concentration, a unit dependent quantity at the heart of numerous descriptions, measurements, and calculations, with the nondimensional sediment volume fraction. It marks a divergence in the manner in which fine sediment transport data and calculations are conventionally presented.
The book is mainly written for civil engineering seniors and graduate students, to offer a comprehensive foundation in hydraulics of fine sediment. The book is also a useful reference for researchers interested in the effects of physical chemistry and biology on fine sediment transport in water and to an extent on coastal and estuarine morphodynamics, sediment transport, port and harbor engineering, and applied shallow watwer marine physics. The book is also recommended reading for those interested in understanding particle transport in water. |
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