Backwater effect due to a single spur dike

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 107-115

  Azinfar, H ^a   Kells, Jim A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Backwater effect; Coefficient; Drag force; Momentum principle; Physical model; River engineering; Spur dike

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); DRAG; DRAG COEFFICIENT; FLOW OF WATER; FROUDE NUMBER; RIVERS;

BACKWATER EFFECT; DRAG FORCE; MOMENTUM PRINCIPLE; RIVER ENGINEERING STRUCTURES; RIVERBANK; SPUR DIKE;

LEVEES;

ASPECT RATIO; BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); DRAG; DRAG COEFFICIENT; FLOW OF WATER; FROUDE NUMBER; LEVEES; RIVERS;

BACKWATER; DRAG; DRAG COEFFICIENT; FROUDE NUMBER; LEVEE; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; RIVER ENGINEERING;

EID: 34250198983     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/L06-117     Document Type: Article

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