Book: Slurry Transport (Miedema)
- Page ID
- 29188
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.
Front Matter
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Dimensionless Numbers and Other Parameters
- 3: Pressure Losses with Homogeneous Liquid Flow
- 4: The Terminal Settling Velocity of Particles
- 5: Initiation of Motion and Sediment Transport
- 6: Slurry Transport, a Historical Overview
- 7: The Delft Head Loss and Limit Deposit Velocity Framework
- 8: Usage of the DHLLDV Framework
- 9: Comparison of the DHLLDV Framework with Other Models
- 10: Application of the Theory on a Cutter Suction Dredge
- 11: Appendices
Back Matter