CIEG 670 - Physics of Cohesive Sediment

Credit(s): 3

PHYSICS OF COHESIVE SEDIMENT
Component: Lecture
Mechanics of fine sediment transport processes in coastal environment; overview of sediment source to sink; bottom boundary layer; mechanics of transport; mixture theory; flocculation; settling and deposition, turbulence-sediment interactions; rheological effects; consolidation and bed erodibility; fluid mud; convective sedimentation; tidal flats.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
PREREQ: CIEG 305 Fluid Mechanics; MATH 351 Engineering Math I (or equivalent). COREQ: CIEG 639 Ocean Fluid Dynamics (or equivalent).