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Rheol Acta 36:56-65 (1997) © Steinkopff Verlag 1997 Erik A. Toorman Modelling the thixotropic behaviour of dense cohesivesediment suspensions Abstract A dense cohesive sedi- of the rate equation. The applicabil- Received: 22 May 1996 Accepted: 9 October 1996 ment suspension, which contains ity of the model is demonstrated by primarily clay particles, is a thixo- examples of the prediction of con- tropic non-ideal Bingham fluid with stant structure curves and of transi- a true yield stress. Its time-depen- ent behaviour. The thixotropy model dent rheological behaviour can be is incorporated into a Navier-Stokes Dr. E.A. Toorman ( ~ ) described by the structural kinetics solver to stimulate the flow behav- Hydraulics Laboratory theory in which the yield stress is iour in a Couette viscometer. Civil Engineering Department taken as a measure for the structural Katholieke Universiteit Leuven parameter. This theory allows the Key words Thixotropy - structural De Croylaan 2 3001 Heverlee, Belgium construction of a more general equa- kinetics theory - cohesive sediment erik.toorman@bwk.kuleuven.ac.be tion of state, which is independent suspension - numerical modelling Notation Introduction a Aggregation or recovery ra