Secondary circulation cells in river channel confluences: Measurement artefacts or coherent flow structures?

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 14, Issue 11-12, 2000, Pages 2047-2071

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Moet McDonald   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coherent flow structures; Computational fluid dynamics; Confluences; Numerical modelling; River channels; Secondary circulation

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; RIVERS; TURBULENCE; UNSTEADY FLOW;

COHERENT FLOW STRUCTURE; CONFLUENCES; RIVER CHANNELS; SECONDARY CIRCULATION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

CONFLUENCE; FLOW STRUCTURE; RIVER CHANNEL; RIVER FLOW;

EID: 0034254792     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-1085(20000815/30)14:11/12<2047::aid-hyp54>3.0.co;2-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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