Stage-discharge prediction for rivers in flood applying a depth-averaged model

Journal of Hydraulic Research

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 616-629

  Abril, J B ^a   Knight, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calibration; Floods; Modelling; Open channels; Rivers; Roughness; Stage discharge relationships

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOOD CONTROL; VISCOSITY;

EDDY VISCOSITY; SECONDARY FLOW;

RIVERS;

CHANNEL; DISCHARGE RATE; FLOOD FLOW; FLOW MODELING; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW;

BED ROUGHNESS; CHANNEL HYDRAULICS; FLOODING; FLOW MODELING; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; OVERBANK FLOW; RIVER DISCHARGE; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 11044236904     PISSN: 00221686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221686.2004.9628315     Document Type: Article

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