Simulation of gravel-sand bed response to flushing flows using a two-fraction entrainment approach: Model development and flume experiment

Water Resources Research

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2003, Pages

  Wu, Fu Chun ^a   Chou, Yi Ju ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Entrainment; Flume experiment; Flushing flow; Gravel sand bed; Model simulation; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GRAVEL; RIVERS; SAND; SEDIMENTS;

FLUSHING PROCESS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT SYSTEMS;

WATER RESOURCES;

FLUME; GRAVEL BED; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; RIVER CHANNEL; SAND; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

FLUME EXPERIMENT; GRAVEL BED STREAM; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIVER CHANNEL; SAND; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

EID: 1542757051     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003WR002184     Document Type: Article

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