Cohesive Sediments in Open Channels
Erosion, Transport and Deposition

Provides a practical framework for understanding cohesive sediments and the environmental factors influencing them

Emmanuel Partheniades (Author)

9781856175562, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 23 April 2009

384 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 2.6 cm, 0.74 kg

Approx.384 pages

1: Introduction2: The Mineralogy and the physicochemicalProperties of Cohesive Sediments3: Forces Between Clay Particles and the Process of Flocculation4: The Hydrodynamic Transport Processes of Cohesive Sediments and the Governing Equations 5: Rheologic Properties of Cohesive Sediment Suspensions6: Erosion of Cohesive Soils7: Deposition and Resuspension of Cohesive Soils8: Engineering Applications of Cohesive Sediment Dynamics

Subject Areas: Environmental science, engineering & technology [TQ], Hydraulic engineering [TNF], Civil engineering, surveying & building [TN], Hydraulics & pneumatics [TGMF2], The environment [RN], Hydrology & the hydrosphere [RBK], Stratigraphy [RBGH], Geology & the lithosphere [RBG]