Flow turbulence over mobile gravel-bed: Spectral scaling and coherent structures

Acta Geophysica Polonica

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 539-552

  Nikora, Vladimir ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Coherent structures; Gravel bed rivers; Open channel flow; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; ENERGY TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; ACOUSTIC DEVICES; FLOW OF WATER; RIVERS; VELOCIMETERS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

COHERENT STRUCTURES; GRAVEL-BED RIVERS; QUADRANT ANALYSIS; REYNOLDS STRESS MEASUREMENTS; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYERS; ACOUSTIC DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; COHERENT STRUCTURE; GRAVEL BED RIVERS;

RIVERS; TURBULENT FLOW;

GRAVEL BED STREAM; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW; CHANNEL FLOW; TURBULENCE;

EID: 30444436584     PISSN: 00015725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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