Hydrodynamics of Turbid Underflows. II: Aggradation, Avulsion, and Channelization

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Volumn 125, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1016-1028

  Bradford, Scott F ^a   Katopodes, Nikolaos D ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of Michigan   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAKES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CONDITION; FINITE VOLUME MODELING; INPUT PARAMETER; MODEL INPUTS; NUMERICAL DISSIPATION; ON FLOW; PROPERTY; SUBMARINE CHANNEL; TWO-DIMENSIONAL; UNDERFLOWS;

HYDRODYNAMICS;

AGGRADATION; AVULSION; TURBID UNDERFLOW;

BED; CURRENT; FAN; HYDRODYNAMICS; MORPHOLOGY; TURBIDITY;

BEDFORM; CHANNELIZATION; FAN DELTA; HYDRODYNAMICS; TURBIDITY CURRENT; UNDERCURRENT;

CANADA;

EID: 0033405638     PISSN: 07339429     EISSN: 19437900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(1999)125:10(1016)     Document Type: Article

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