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The Pumping of Bentonite Clays

dc.contributor.advisorLatto, B.en_US
dc.contributor.authorDavidson, Arthur Garyen_US
dc.contributor.departmentMechanical Engineeringen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-18T16:40:09Z
dc.date.available2014-06-18T16:40:09Z
dc.date.created2009-07-12en_US
dc.date.issued1979-09en_US
dc.description.abstract<p>This study describes the results of experiments on the pumping of non-Newtonian bentonite clay slurries. The data were obtained from smooth tubes having internal diameters of 0.60 cm, 1.27 cm and 1.74 cm, for aqueous suspension concentrations of 1.96, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0 and 8.0% by weight. The flow Reynolds numbers varied to a maximum of about 6000. Shear stress-shear rate curves were obtained as well as apparent viscosity and generalized Bingham plastic plots. Specific power was plotted against Reynolds number for all concentrations. It was found in general that the data of the shear curve agreed quite well with that from other sources but that there were discrepancies for the Bingham plastic equation. The fact that Newtonian friction factor curves for flow in smooth pipe can be used in conjunction with bentonite slurries in an equilibrium state was also demonstrated.</p>en_US
dc.description.degreeMaster of Engineering (ME)en_US
dc.identifier.otheropendissertations/295en_US
dc.identifier.other1319en_US
dc.identifier.other894791en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11375/7689
dc.subjectMechanical Engineeringen_US
dc.subjectMechanical Engineeringen_US
dc.titleThe Pumping of Bentonite Claysen_US
dc.typethesisen_US

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