Investigation of controls on secondary circulation in a simple confluence geometry using a three-dimensional numerical model

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1371-1396

  Bradbrook, K F ^a   Biron, P M ^b   Lane, S N ^a   Richards, K S ^a   Roy, A G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRAULIC MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

CONFLUENCE GEOMETRY; CROSS STREAM PRESSURE; CROSS STREAM VELOCITY; RIVER BED DISCORDANCE;

RIVERS;

CHANNEL HYDRAULICS; CIRCULATION; RIVER CONFLUENCE;

EID: 0032581028     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(19980630)12:8<1371::AID-HYP620>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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