Probabilistic approach to modeling of velocity distributions in fluid flows

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 316, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 28-42

  Chiu, Chao Lin ^a   Hsu, Shih Meng ^a,b  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^b SINOTECH ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS INC   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Discharge; Open channel flow; Pipe flow; Probability; Probability distribution; Rivers; Velocity distribution

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; ENTROPY; HYDRODYNAMICS; PROBABILITY;

FLOW PREDICTIONS; INFORMATION ENTROPY; VELOCITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

FLUID FLOW; PIPE FLOW; VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 28744457462     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2005.04.011     Document Type: Article

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