Slurry Transport

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910758487203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: [Place of publication not identified], : TU Delft Open, [2019]; ©2019
• Edizione: [2nd Edition]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
• Soggetti: Earth Sciences
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Dimensionless Numbers & Other Parameters -- Chapter 3: Pressure Losses with Homogeneous Liquid Flow -- Chapter 4: The Terminal Settling Velocity of Particles -- Chapter 5: Initiation of Motion and Sediment Transport -- Chapter 6: Slurry Transport, a Historical Overview -- Chapter 7: The Delft Head Loss & Limit Deposit Velocity Framework -- Chapter 8: Usage of the DHLLDV Framework -- Chapter 9: Comparison of the DHLLDV Framework with Other Models -- Chapter 10: Application of the Theory on a Cutter Suction Dredge -- Chapter 11: Publications -- Chapter 12: Bibliography -- Chapter 13: List of Figures -- Chapter 14: List of Tables -- Chapter 15: Appendices
• Sommario/riassunto: In dredging, trenching, (deep sea) mining, drilling, tunnel boring and many other applications, sand, clay or rock has to be excavated.The book covers horizontal transport of settling slurries (Newtonian slurries). Non-settling (non-Newtonian) slurries are not covered.