Theoretical derivation of Yalin's (1964) empirical equation for ripple length

Mechanics Research Communications

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 151-159

  Mendoza, C ^a   Zhou, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SAND; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

RIPPLE WAVELENGTH; SAND WAVELETS; YALIN EMPIRICAL EQUATION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 0033101131     PISSN: 00936413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-6413(99)00006-3     Document Type: Article

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