Kinetic Sieving

For more info about our services contact : help@bestpfe.com

Table of contents

Chapter 1: Introduction
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Background and Theory
1.2.1 Spontaneous Percolation
1.2.2 Kinetic Sieving
1.2.3 Sediment Mobility
1.2.4 Research Gaps
1.3 Wider Considerations
1.4 Research Questions
Chapter 2: Infiltration of fines into a coarse mobile bed: a phenomenological study
2.1 Experimental Arrangements
2.2 Experimental Procedure
2.2.1 Supporting Information
2.3 Observations
2.3.1 Coarse Sediment Alone
2.3.2 Experiments: Set 1
2.3.2.1 0.7 mm and 0.9 mm Fine Input: Partially Impeded Static Percolation
2.3.2.2 1.5 mm and 2 mm Fine Infiltration: Bridging
2.3.2.3 3 mm and 4 mm Fine Infiltration: No Spontaneous Percolation
2.3.3 Experiments: Set 2
2.3.3.1 0.7 mm Fine Input
2.3.3.2 2 mm Fine Input
2.4 Discussion
2.5 Conclusion
Chapter 3: Introducing finer grains into bedload: the transition to a new equilibrium
3.1 Experimental Arrangement
3.2 Experimental Procedure
3.3 Results
3.3.1 Experiments: Set 1
3.3.2 Experiments: Set 2
3.4 Discussion
3.5 Conclusions
Chapter 4: Testing reproducibility in a fluvial context
4.1 Experimental Arrangement
4.2 Experimental Procedure
4.3 Results
4.4 Discussion
4.5 Conclusion
Chapter 5: The influence of grain shape
5.1 Experimental Arrangements
5.2 Experimental Procedure
5.2.1 Supporting Information
5.3 Results
5.3.1 Mixed Experiments
5.3.2 Natural Materials
5.4 Discussion
5.5 Conclusion
Chapter 6: Perspectives and Conclusion
6.1 Perspectives
6.2 Conclusions
6.3 Future Work
Bibliography
Appendices