Accession Number:
ADA439157
Title:
Particle Entrainment Simulator at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center
Descriptive Note:
Technical note
Corporate Author:
CORPS OF ENGINEERS WASHINGTON DC
Personal Author(s):
Report Date:
2005-09-01
Pagination or Media Count:
14.0
Abstract:
This technical note describes the particle entrainment simulator PES, which is used at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center ERDC for experimental determination of erodibility of fine-grained cohesive sediments. The device, its method of operation, experimental data reduction, and application of PES results to studies related to estuarine and coastal sediment transport problems are briefly described.
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Subject Categories:
- Hydrology, Limnology and Potamology