Wave-flume experiments of dissipating waves on soft mud

Mohsen Soltanpour, Farzin Samsami, Soroush Sorourian

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    Abstract

    A series of laboratory wave-flume experiments was conducted to investigate the dissipation of monochromatic regular waves on a horizontal muddy bed of commercial kaolinite. The rheological parameters of kaolinite samples with different water content ratios were obtained from controlled shear rate tests using the rheometer. The flow curves of shear stress versus shear rate were found to be essentially Bingham viscoplastic medium for steady unidirectional mud flows of the rheological tests. Assuming Bingham behavior for kaolinite, a wave-mud interaction model was employed to obtain the values of the wave attenuation coefficients. Comparisons between the measured and simulated results show a good agreement.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationProceedings of 32nd Conference on Coastal Engineering, Shanghai, China, 2010
    EditorsJane McKee Smith, Patrick Lynett
    PublisherCoastal Engineering Research Council
    ISBN (Print)978-0-9896611-0-2
    Publication statusPublished - 2010

    Publication series

    NameCoastal Engineering Proceedings
    Number32
    ISSN (Print)2156-1028

    Keywords

    • wave dissipation
    • rheological model
    • fluid mud
    • kaolinite
    • wave flume experiment
    • rheometry experiment

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