The application of computational fluid dynamics to natural river channels: Three-dimensional versus two-dimensional approaches

Geomorphology

Volumn 29, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 1-20

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Flow structures; Numerical modelling; Open channel flow; River channel confluences; Rivers; Roughness; Secondary circulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; RIVER CHANNEL; SECONDARY FLOW;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW STRUCTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; RIVER CHANNEL;

EID: 0032722413     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-555X(99)00003-3     Document Type: Article

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