Viscoelastic Wave Dispersion and Rheometry of Cohesive Sediments
Publication: Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
Volume 125, Issue 3
Abstract
The interpretation of in situ rheometry based on shear wave propagation techniques is examined in terms of various viscoelastic model assumptions concerning sediment behavior under water waves. It is shown that, due to viscoelastic wave dispersion, measurements of shear wave velocity by pulse techniques are unsuitable as a basis for in situ rheometry, and that resonance-based techniques are unreliable.
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Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
Volume 125 • Issue 3 • March 1999
Pages: 295 - 298
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Received: Jul 7, 1997
Published online: Mar 1, 1999
Published in print: Mar 1999
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