Formation of particle clouds

• Main Authors: Zhao, B., Law, Adrian Wing-Keung, Adams, E. Eric, Er, J. W.
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Environmental engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/103617; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/24549
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In the literature, it has been conceptualized that a group of dense particles released instantaneously into homogeneous stagnant water would form a circulating vortex cloud and descend through the water column as a thermal. However, Wen & Nacamuli (Hydrodynamics: Theory and Applications, 1996, p...