Print Email Facebook Twitter Hindered settling and consolidation of mud - analytical results Title Hindered settling and consolidation of mud - analytical results Author Kranenburg, C. Faculty Civil Engineering and Geosciences Department Hydraulic Engineering Date 1992-01-01 Abstract The theory of hindered settling from a suspension developed by Kynch (1952) is known to satisfactorily describe the settling and primary consolidation of mud. This theory, in which effective stresses are disregarded, is reviewed for this purpose, and some analytical results for interface formation and consolidation are obtained. In particular it is shown, for an empirical expression relating settling velocity w to concentration by volume c given by w/wp = (1 - c)^Beta. Here wp is the settling velocity of a single partiele or floc and Beta is an empirical coefficient. This result is in accord with observations described in the literature (Krone, 1962). An experiment to further test the applicability of Kynch' theory to the consolidation of mud is proposed. Subject mudsettlingsettling velocityhindered settlingKynch To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:54fe4147-19d4-4e27-a445-b984950b00ea Publisher TU Delft, Department of Hydraulic Engineering Source Report no. 11-92 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type report Rights (c) 1992 TU Delft, Department of Hydraulic Engineering Files PDF Kranenburg1992a.pdf 5.25 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:54fe4147-19d4-4e27-a445-b984950b00ea/datastream/OBJ/view