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FRACTION VOLUMIQUE [1 record]

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Record 1 2001-08-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Modelling (Mathematics)
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
CONT

For each solid fraction, the user must specify specific gravity, volumetric concentration in the layer, fall velocity, critical shear stress and whether the fraction is cohesive or strippable during descent.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Modélisation (Mathématique)
  • Études et analyses environnementales
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
CONT

Pour chacune de ces catégories, l'usager devra spécifier la densité du sédiment; la fraction du volume qu'elle occupe dans chacune des couches; la vitesse de sédimentation; le stress de cisaillement critique; la cohésion du sédiment; et la possibilité qu'une partie du sédiment soit perdue dans la colonne d'eau durant la descente.

Spanish

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