- Title
- Sinking in quicksand: an applied approach to the Archimedes principle
- Creator
- Evans, G. M.; Evans, S. C.; Moreno-Atanasio, R.
- Relation
- Chemical Engineering Education Vol. 49, Issue 2, p. 81-87
- Relation
- http://journals.fcla.edu/cee/article/view/84539
- Publisher
- American Society for Engineering Education
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2015
- Description
- The objective of this paper is to present a laboratory experiment that explains the phenomenon of sinking in quicksand simulated as a fluidized bed. The paper demonstrates experimentally and theoretically that the proportion of a body that sinks in quicksand depends on the volume fraction of solids and the density of the body relative to the density of the quicksand (fluidized bed).
- Subject
- Archimedes principle; quicksand; sand particles
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1314721
- Identifier
- uon:22810
- Identifier
- ISSN:2165-6428
- Language
- eng
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