| Author | Veroy, Leovigildo S. |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no. 150 |
| Subject(s) | Sedimentation and deposition--Research
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| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment if the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering in the SEATO Graduate School of Engineering, Bangkok, Thailand. |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | An investigation was conducted of the motion of a sphere in a
solid-liquid mixture and how it was affected by the motion of the
solids in the mixture and the concentration. A theoretical equation
for the velocity of the sphere in the mixture was derived and verified
in a series of tests.
The experiments were conducted in a clear plastic cylinder 5.10 cm
in diameter and 180 cm long (60 cm test length). The experiments
involved the measurements of the velocity of a sphere which originally
settled in clear water and then rose as the sediments were introduced.
The velocities thus taken were compared to the theoretically predicted
values. The spheres used had specific gravities of 1.0307 and 1.0270
respectively. The solids in the mixture was sand, of three different
size ranges, and an average specific gravity of 2.60.
The experimentally determined velocities of the sphere agreed well
with the velocity predicted by the theoretically derived equation,
confirming the theory that a solid-liquid mixture can be treated as a
homogeneous liquid when determining the buoyant force on a body submerged in the mixture, if due consideration is taken of the impact
force of the sediments on the body.
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| Year | 1966 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | Student Research Before 1979 |
| Department | Other Field of Studies (No Department) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Thesis (Year <=1979) |
| Chairperson(s) | Dr. N. L. Ackermann; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Prof. Edmund F. Schulz;Dr. N. Daranandana;Dean Milton E. Bender, Jr.; |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Eng.) - SEATO Graduate School of Engineering |