Scaling Particle Cloud Dynamics: From Lab to Field
Publication: Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
Volume 141, Issue 7
Abstract
Open-water disposal of sediment is an important component in many coastal engineering projects. Numerous studies have focused on small-scale dynamics and claimed their results can be scaled up by cloud number scaling. However, this scaling method is largely empirical and unexamined. The present paper confirms that the cloud number scaling provides a rational way to extrapolate small-scale lab experiments or numerical simulations to the field operations.
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The research reported in this paper was funded by the Singapore National Research Foundation (NRF) through the Singapore–Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) Center for Environmental Sensing and Modeling (CENSAM).
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Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
Volume 141 • Issue 7 • July 2015
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© 2015 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: Nov 19, 2013
Accepted: Dec 9, 2014
Published online: Feb 24, 2015
Published in print: Jul 1, 2015
Discussion open until: Jul 24, 2015
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