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Modeling Of Natural Settling In A Trapezoidal Sedimentation Basin, Kent S. Wilkerson
Modeling Of Natural Settling In A Trapezoidal Sedimentation Basin, Kent S. Wilkerson
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
The objectives of this thesis are to 1) review current theory relative to numerically modeling a trapezoidal settling basin, 2) develop a more appropriate model to better predict settling and deposition within a basin, and 3) confirm the accuracy of the model. The TSB (Trapezoidal Settling Basin) model was developed as part of this thesis. The Bureau of Reclamation's SETSIZE model performs similar analysis, but the TSB model makes significant improvements. The TSB model improves numerical modeling of a trapezoidal basin by allowing both sediment and sieve particle data, complex basin geometries with a multidimensional sediment deposition, and improved hydrograph …