settling velocity
6.Vertical distributions of average suspended sediment concentration of flood stage or ebb stage in the Nanhui nearshore waters of Changjiang Estuary fit to the Rouse equation: C yC a=hy-1ha-1 ωβκu *. The exponent (i.e. Rouse number) in the equation is a function of the settling velocity of suspended sediment and other parameters.
8.The hydraulic gradients of settling slurry flow transported in three kinds of moving states, i. e. suspension, saltation, or partially suspension were investigated, based on analyzing the changes of solid particles and water in momentum, velocity and their mass related to momentum exchanging over the acceleration period of the solid particles.

