Porosity of bimodal sediment mixture with particle filling |
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Authors: | Weiming Wu Wei Li |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Clarkson University, Box 5710, 8 Clarkson Avenue, Potsdam, NY 13699, USA;2. Institute of Coastal and Nearshore Engineering, Ocean College, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China |
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Abstract: | The porosity of a bimodal sediment mixture is affected by the filling of fine particles in the voids of coarse particles when the particle size range is wide. The classical ideal packing models tend to overestimate the filling, and, thus, underestimate the porosity of the mixture. In this study, an existing random filling model is improved by considering a three-dimensional packing configuration, and a new model is developed by considering how many fine particles are required and how many are available to cover the surface of coarse particles in the sediment mixture. The developed models are validated using measured data and compared with existing models. The new model can reproduce well the variation trend of the mixture porosity as the fraction of fine particles varies. |
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Keywords: | Bimodal sediment mixture Porosity Particle filling Particle packing |
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