2/17/2011 1 Mud: Mud: more complex than you think! more complex than you think! Revising the concept of nautical depth in the light of Revising the concept of nautical depth in the light of micro micro-structure dynamics and implications for in structure dynamics and implications for in-situ surveying situ surveying by by Erik A. Toorman Erik A. Toorman Hydraulics Laboratory Hydraulics Laboratory Civil Engineering Department Civil Engineering Department HSB Workshop “ HSB Workshop “Harbours Harbours and Specific Survey Problems” and Specific Survey Problems” 8 December 2010, Flanders Hydraulics, 8 December 2010, Flanders Hydraulics, Borgerhout Borgerhout (B) (B) SEDIMENT SEDIMENT MECHANICS RESEARCH MECHANICS RESEARCH @ @ K.U.LEUVEN K.U.LEUVEN Research Unit Coordinator: E-mail: [email protected]http://www.kuleuven.be/hydr/SedMech.html
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Mud: Mud: more complex than you think! more complex than you think!
Revising the concept of nautical depth in the light of Revising the concept of nautical depth in the light of
micromicro--structure dynamics and implications for instructure dynamics and implications for in--situ surveyingsitu surveying
byby
Erik A. ToormanErik A. Toorman
Hydraulics LaboratoryHydraulics Laboratory
Civil Engineering DepartmentCivil Engineering Department
HSB Workshop “HSB Workshop “HarboursHarbours and Specific Survey Problems”and Specific Survey Problems”8 December 2010, Flanders Hydraulics, 8 December 2010, Flanders Hydraulics, BorgerhoutBorgerhout (B)(B)
SEDIMENT SEDIMENT MECHANICS RESEARCH MECHANICS RESEARCH
Apparent viscosity for River Parrett (UK) mud at different densities
Carri-Med CS rheometer data by Jones & Golden (1990)
“Shear thinning”
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Thixotropy: conceptual
Barnes (J. Non-Newtonian Fluids, 1997)
Thixotropy
Time-dependent behaviour under shear of dense
flocculated suspensions:
– structural break-down when sheared (liquefaction),
– structural recovery at rest (aggregation).
(+ self-weight consolidation)
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Thixotropy @ microscale
Complex floc motion and interaction during simple shear flow in a 2D dispersion of PS particles at decane/water interface
Masschaele & Vermant (2008)
ThixotropyThixotropy @ @ macroscalemacroscalePlacement of ADV instruments on mud bank along the Surinam coastPlacement of ADV instruments on mud bank along the Surinam coast