Scaling relationships for sand wave development in unidirectional flow

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Volumn 123, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1152-1156

  Nikora, Vladimir I ^a   Hicks, D Murray ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

SAND WAVES; UNIDIRECTIONAL FLOW;

FLOW OF WATER;

SAND; STEADY FLOW; WAVE;

BEDFORM; SANDWAVE; SCALING RELATIONSHIP; STEADY FLOW;

AVERAGE HEIGHT; AVERAGE LENGTH; EQUILIBRIUM STATE; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; ROOT-MEAN-SQUARE DEVIATIONS; SAND WAVES; SCALING BEHAVIOURS; SCALING EXPONENT; SCALING RELATIONSHIPS; UNIDIRECTIONAL FLOW;

EID: 0031418091     PISSN: 07339429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(1997)123:12(1152)     Document Type: Article

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