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The movement and fate of nutrients, chemical contaminants and pathogens in water is often associated with the transport of flocculated fine particles, which are ubiquitous. An Introduction to Hydraulics of Fine Sediment Transport (2nd edition) is concerned with the hydraulics of transport of these particles in marine and aquatic environments.
The transport of flocculated fine particles, which may contain both inorganic and organic matter, is described in terms of simple analytical approaches together with illustrations based on numerical modeling. The work is aimed at upper-level undergraduates and graduate students in civil engineering and coastal geology. It is also meant to serve as a reference material for engineering and research in fine sediment transport.
The first six chapters review the background required for understanding fine sediment transport processes. These chapters recap basic fluid mechanics, properties of fine particles, soil mechanics, flocculation dynamics, rheology and the transport of coarse-grained particles including sand which is often found mixed with fine particles. The remaining six chapters include the physics/physicalchemistry of floc settling, deposition, consolidation, erosion, fluid mud formation, transport by water waves, and simple sedimentation engineering applications. The roles of both inorganic and organic particulate matter have been pointed out throughout.
In this work, the author explains how fine particles, which typically occur as flocs containing as many as thousands of individual particles bound by electrochemical cohesion and biochemical adhesion, erode, move with water, and settle. These processes are closely linked to the fates of water-borne nutrients, contaminants, and pathogens.
An Introduction to Hydraulics of Fine Sediment Transport (2nd edition) retails for US$158 / £125 (hardcover) and is also available in electronic formats. To order or know more about the book, visit http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/12873.
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About the Author
Professor Ashish Mehta holds academic degrees in chemistry, chemical engineering, and civil engineering. He has over 50 years of experience in research and teaching in areas of coastal engineering, including coastal and estuarine hydraulics and sediment transport. His efforts led to the initiation in 1980 of the now biennial International Conference on Cohesive Sediment Transport (INTERCOH). He has extensive experience as a consultant for engineering and scientific problems in numerous countries in North and South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. In 2000 he received the Hans Albert Einstein Award of the American Society of Civil Engineering for his work in fine sediment transport, which is the subject of his 2014 book An Introduction to the Hydraulics of Fine Sediment Transport. In 2020 the book was named as "one of the top civil/coastal engineering books of all time, by Book Authority, San Francisco.
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