Investigation of the hydrodynamics of flash floods in ephemeral channels: Scaling analysis and simulation using a shock-capturing flow model incorporating the effects of transmission losses

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 324, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 65-79

  Mudd, Simon Marius ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ephemeral channels; Flash floods; Numerical modeling; Scaling analysis; Transmission losses

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF WATER; HYDRODYNAMICS; INFILTRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EPHEMERAL CHANNELS; FLASH FLOODS; NUMERICAL MODELING; SCALING ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION LOSSES;

FLOODS;

CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOODS; FLOW OF WATER; HYDRODYNAMICS; INFILTRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CHANNEL FLOW; FLASH FLOOD; FLOW MODELING; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HYDRODYNAMICS; RIVER BED; RIVER CHANNEL; RIVER FLOW; SIMULATION; WATER FLOW;

EID: 33747379907     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2005.09.012     Document Type: Article

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