Three-dimensional numerical simulation of flow around stream deflectors: The effect of obstruction angle and length

Journal of Hydraulic Research

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 227-238

  Haltigin, Timothy W ^a   Biron, Pascale M ^b   Lapointe, Michel F ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); Deflectors; Dynamic pressure; Fish habitat; Separation zone; Stream restoration

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEMS; PRESSURE;

DEFLECTORS; FISH HABITAT; FLOW DYNAMICS; STREAM RESTORATION;

STREAM FLOW;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEMS; PRESSURE; STREAM FLOW;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW MODELING; FLUME EXPERIMENT; LABORATORY METHOD; POOL; SHEAR STRESS; STREAMFLOW; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 34247220360     PISSN: 00221686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221686.2007.10525038     Document Type: Article

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