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ArticleScientific reports2023

Persistent reshaping of cohesive sediment towards stable flocs by turbulence.

Minglan Yu, Xiao Yu, Ashish J Mehta, Andrew J Manning, Faisal Khan, S Balachandar

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Article in Scientific reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Minglan YuDepartment of Civil and Coastal Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA.
Xiao YuDepartment of Civil and Coastal Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA. xiao.yu@essie.ufl.edu.
Ashish J MehtaDepartment of Civil and Coastal Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA.
Andrew J ManningDepartment of Civil and Coastal Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA.
Faisal KhanDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, USA.
S BalachandarDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA.
University of Florida · USHR Wallingford · GBTexas A&M University · US

Funding

National Science Foundation OCE-1736668US ARMY ENG RES AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER W912HZ-21-2-0035
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cohesive sediment forms flocs of various sizes and structures in the natural turbulent environment. Understanding flocculation is critical in accurately predicting sediment transport and biogeochemical cycles. In addition to aggregation and breakup, turbulence also reshapes flocs toward more stable structures. An Eulerian-Lagrangian framework has been implemented to investigate the effect of turbulence on flocculation by capturing the time-evolution of individual flocs. We have identified two floc reshaping mechanisms, namely breakage-regrowth and restructuring by hydrodynamic drag. Surface erosion is found to be the primary breakup mechanism for strong flocs, while fragile flocs tend to split into fragments of similar sizes. Aggregation of flocs of sizes comparable to or greater than the Kolmogorov scale is modulated by turbulence with lower aggregation efficiency. Our findings highlight the limiting effects of turbulence on both floc size and structure.

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PMID36720997
PMCPMC9889388
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