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Author(s): D. Komatina; M. Jovanovic
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Abstract: The steady and unsteady free-surface flow of hyperconcentrated water-kaolinite clay mixtures is analysed experimentally. These mixtures exhibit non-Newtonian behaviour if volumetric concentrations of solid particles exceed about 10%. The viscosity-concentration correlations, determined by rotary viscometer, indicate that the Bingham model can be used to describe such fluids. Using the rheological parameters of this model, the water-clay laminar flow friction factors can be determined either by calculating the Reynolds and Hedstróm numbers, or by applying the concept of the extended Reynolds number. A quantitative analysis of the unsteady dam-break type of the free-surface flow is presented, giving a comparison of flow depth profiles and propagation rates between the investigated mixtures and water.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00221689709498395
Year: 1997