Turbulent Flow over Step with Rounded Edges: Experimental and Numerical Study

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 82-85

  Bravo, Hector R ^a   Zheng, Yun Han ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Milwaukee   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FACINGS; FLOW PATTERNS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE;

BEDFORMS; EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL STUDIES; FLOW CHARACTERISTIC; FLOW VARIABLE; FLOWS OVER A BACKWARD FACING STEP; GRADUAL TRANSITION; MEAN VELOCITIES; MEASUREMENTS OF; ROUNDED EDGE; TURBULENCE INTENSITY;

TURBULENT FLOW;

BEDFORM; OBSTACLE; STEP (SURFACE STRUCTURE); TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 0034053868     PISSN: 07339429     EISSN: 19437900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(2000)126:1(82)     Document Type: Article

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